frankpledge
noun
- the system in old English law which made each man in a tithing responsible for the actions of other members
- a member under this system
- the tithing
See frankpledge in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(frăngkˈplĕjˌ)
noun- An Anglo-Saxon legal system in which units or tithings composed of ten households were formed, in each of which members were held responsible for one another's conduct.
- A member of a unit in frankpledge.
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