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noun Frankpledge n. (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. "The servants of the crown were not, as now, bound in frankpledge for each other."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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