frankpledge
Noun
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Noun
frankpledge (plural frankpledges)
- (law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
- 1806, Francis Bloomfield, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. IV ↗, p. 517 ↗:
- King smallcaps John granted to the prior and convent, in all their manors and lands, sac, soc, tol, and theam, infangenthef, and outfangenthef, with the ordeals or judgment by fire, water, and iron, and a common gallows in each manor; with a view of frankenpledge, and assize of bread and ale, of all their tenants...
- 1806, Francis Bloomfield, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. IV ↗, p. 517 ↗:
- Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
- (law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
- (law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
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