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“franchise” in Latin
immūnitāsfreedom or exemption from taxes or public service; immunitybeneficiumbenefit; favour, favor, kindness, servicecommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyprīvilēgiumA law or bill concerning a specific individual.; A privilege, prerogative.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
franchise s.
immunitas (exemption from performing public services or paying taxes): beneficium: commodum (a grant or privilege; beneficium, inasmuch as it is conferred; commodum, inasmuch as it has been received): privilegium (a privilege, in general; all three post-Augustan terms). The electoral franchise, suffragii jus, mostly suffragium only. To restore to the people their electoral franchise, suffragia populo reddere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for franchise?
- The usual Latin words for “franchise” are immūnitās, beneficium, commodus; also prīvilēgium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.