FRANKALMOIN
frankalmoin (frangk-al-moyn). [Law French ¡°free alms¡±] Hist. A spiritual tenure by which a religious institution held land, usu. with a general duty to pray for the donor. ? This tenure differed from the tenure by divine service, which required specific church services, such as a certain number of masses or alms distributions. ¡ª Also spelled frankalmoign; frankalmoigne.¡ª Also termed almoign; almoin; free alms; libera eleemosyna. See spiritual tenure under TENURE.
¡°Frankalmoin, or free alms, was a survival of Anglo-Saxon law, and implied simply an indefinite promise to pray for the soul of the donor; but since it was deemed a tenure by which the land was held, the general doctrine of ¡®services’ was applied. On the other hand, in the case of Divine Service, which was much less frequently met with, the tenant promised a definite number of prayers, a duty which might be enforced in the King’s courts.¡± A.K.R. Kiralfy, Potter’s Outlines of English Legal History 210 (5th ed. 1958).
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