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folkright

American  
[fohk-rahyt] / ˈfoʊkˌraɪt /

noun

  1. a law or right of the people as opposed to that of the privileged classes.

Etymology

Origin of folkright

before 1000; Middle English; Old English folcriht. See folk, right

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It considers folkland as landownership by folkright—at common law, as might be said in modern legal speech.

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