FRANKPLEDGE
- member of a tithing
- the tithing itself
- system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court
- a system of sureties under Old English law by which each adult member of a tithing was held responsible for the good conduct of the others [n -S]