Tithing
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In English Law. A group of ten, twelve or more persons, under the superintendence of a tithingman, mutually responsible for one another’s misdeeds. In some places the roll is the tithing. This system is called the Frithborh or Frankpledge.
1 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 8.