Frankpledge

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Frankpledge, n. [Frank free + pledge.].

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. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]

"The servants of the crown were not, as now, bound in frankpledge for each other." [1913 Webster]

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