"folkright" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: folkrights [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English folcriht. By surface analysis, folk + right. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|}} Middle English [Term?], {{inh|en|ang|folcriht}} Old English folcriht, {{surf|+com|en|folk|right}} By surface analysis, folk + right Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} folkright (countable and uncountable, plural folkrights)
  1. (obsolete) The common law or right of the people. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Coordinate_terms: folkfree
    Sense id: en-folkright-en-noun-FHUVdXW4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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