'Frank-marriage' definitions:

Definition of 'Frank-marriage'

From: GCIDE
  • Frank-marriage \Frank"-mar"riage\, n. [Frank free + marriage.] (Eng. Law) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. [Obs.] --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]