'Frankpledge' definitions:
Definition of 'Frankpledge'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'frankpledge'
From: GCIDE
- 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]