An abbreviation of Society, The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction, Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens

something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked, transitive verb_ To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord, To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope, To catch with a rope or lasso, intransitive verb_ To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality

A special privilege given by government to a corporation or an individual to engage in a particular activity using public facilities, especially to provide a public service such as transportation or communications, A brand name under which a series of products is released, A professional sports team, transitive verb_ To grant a franchise to, To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to, verb_ grant a franchise to

A place for the confinement and punishment of persons convicted of crimes, especially felonies, A public prison or penitentiary, a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment, transitive verb_ To confine in or as if in a prison; imprison, To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty