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frankpledge n. 十家連保制,十戶 十家連保制,十戶 Friborg \ Fri" borg\, Friborgh \ Fri" borgh\, n. [ AS. fri[ eth] borh, lit., peace pledge; fri[ eth] peace borh, borg, pledge, akin to E. borrow. The first part of the word was confused with free, the last part, with borough.] ( Old Eng. Law) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans { frankpledge}. See { Frankpledge}. [ Written also { friburgh} and { fribourg}.] -- Burril. [ 1913 Webster]
Frankpledge \ Frank" pledge`\, n. [ Frank free pledge.] ( O. Eng. Law) ( a) 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. ( b) The tithing itself. -- Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster] The servants of the crown were not, as now, bound in frankpledge for each other. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster]
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