frankpledge

/'fræŋkpledʒ/

n. 十家联保制

[法] 十户联保制, 十户联保制的成员

n. 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.

n. The tithing itself.

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