Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

disturbance of franchise

At common law, a wrongful interference with a liberty or privilege."Disturbance of franchises happens when a man has ~!. franchise of holding a court-feet, of keeping a fair •market, of free-warren, of taking toll, of seizing waifs of estrays, or (in short) any other species of franch, ;,whatsoever, and he is disturbed or incommoded in ts-,~-lawful exercise thereof" 3 William Blac';st,.ne , C .r: . r< taries on the Laws of England 236 (176f: