Under a franchise arrangement, a person or company purchases the ability to run a local business under a larger company's brand. Depending on the franchise arrangement, the local party may have to meet certain standards established by the larger company and purchase products from the larger company as well.
Half-cock is when the position of the hammer is partially but not completely cocked.
3 thoughts on âStalwarts, Half Breeds, and Political Assassinationâ. 1  This is a wonderfully succinct article, valuable in its aim at correctly the popular myth that Guiteau was nothing than âa disappointed office seeker,â and âinsane.â I especially admired the analogy of the broken olive branch that splintered into a thousand pieces.