frank·pledge (frăngkplěj)
n.
► 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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frankpledge
[Middle English frankplegge, from Anglo-Norman frauncpledge : Old French franc, free, frank; see frank¹ + Old French plege, pledge; see pledge.]

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