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1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the franchise the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any exemption, privilege, or right granted to an individual or group by a public authority, such as the right to use public property for a business. 3. (Commerce) commerce authorization granted by a manufacturing enterprise to a distributor to market the manufacturer's products.
In U.S. law, disfranchisement most commonly refers to the removal of the right to vote, which is also called the franchise or suffrage. Historically, states passed a variety of laws disfranchising poor people, insane people, and criminals.340 [1915]), Southern states continued to bar African-Americans from voting for most of the twentieth century. Only with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.A. Â§ 1973 et seq.) did twentieth-century African-Americans in the South finally reach the polls in significant numbers.