Frank Pledge
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A pledge or surety for freemen. Termes de la Ley. The bond or pledge which the inhabitants of a tithing entered into for each one of their number that he should be forthcoming to answer every violation of law. Each boy, on reaching the age of fourteen, was obliged to find some such pledge, or be committed to prison. Blount; Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English law. A pledge or surety for freemen; that is, the pledge, or corporate responsibility, of all the inhabitants of a tithing for the general good behavior of each free-born citizen above the age of fourteen, and for his being forthcoming to answer any infraction of the law. Termes de la Ley ; Cowell.
Defined under Frank in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Fr. fraunk pl^gge y L. Lat. francus plegius, francum plegium, franciplegium.] In English law. A free pledge; a decennary, tithmg or friborg; so called because every freeman composing it was d^ pledge or security for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace. Bract. fol. 124 b. Crohb's Hist, Eng, Law, 18. A free surety; an inhabitant or member of a decennary, or friborg. 1 Bl, Com. 114,115. I SUph. Com^WA. ^Bl.Com. 252. 2 Inst. 73. See Francus plegius^ Friborg.