FRANK-Law, a word applied to the free and common law of the land, or the benefit a person has by it.
He that for any offence loseth this frank-law incurs these inconveniences, viz. He may not be permitted to serve on juries, nor used as an evidence to the truth; and if he has any thing to do in the king's court, he must not approach it in person, but appoint his attorney; his lands, goods, and chattels, shall be seized into the king's hands; and his lands be escheated, his trees rooted up, and his body committed to custody.