Frankpledge

[fræŋkpledʒ]

Definition

(n.) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety.

(n.) The tithing itself.

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