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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
The servants of the crown were not, as now, bound
in frankpledge for each other. --Macaulay.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
frank-pledge
n.
(lb en law historical) (alternative form of en frankpledge).
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
frankpledge
n.
1 (lb en law historical) A form of collective suretyship and
collective punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
2 Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its
members and liable for collective punishment.
3 (lb en law historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in
frankpledge.
4 (lb en law historical uncommon) The tithing itself.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
frank-pledge
n.
(lb en law historical) (alternative form of en frankpledge).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
frankpledge
n.
1 (lb en law historical) A form of collective suretyship and
collective punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
2 Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its
members and liable for collective punishment.
3 (lb en law historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in
frankpledge.
4 (lb en law historical uncommon) The tithing itself.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
frank-pledge
n.
(lb en law historical) (alternative form of en frankpledge).
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
frankpledge
n.
1 (lb en law historical) A form of collective suretyship and
collective punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
2 Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its
members and liable for collective punishment.
3 (lb en law historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in
frankpledge.
4 (lb en law historical uncommon) The tithing itself.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
frank-pledge
n.
(lb en law historical) (alternative form of en frankpledge).
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
frankpledge
n.
1 (lb en law historical) A form of collective suretyship and
collective punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
2 Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its
members and liable for collective punishment.
3 (lb en law historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in
frankpledge.
4 (lb en law historical uncommon) The tithing itself.
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
frankpledge /fɹˈaŋkplɛdʒ/
1. (eski.) (ing) (huk.) bir semtte her erkeğin bütün semt halkının davranışlarından mesul olması.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 十家连保制,十家;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 十家连保制,十户
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