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Freoborgh

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A free surety or free pledge. Spelman. See "Frank Pledge."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A frank pledge, which see.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A free-surety or freepledge. Spelman, Gloss. See FnANK-PhEDOE.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A free-surety or free-pledge. Spelman. See Frank-Pledgk.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A free-surety, or freepledge. Spelman. See FRANK-PLEDGE,

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

sax., Free burrow or borow. K frank -pledge.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Freoborghes, Freoborhes. Sax. [from freo, free, and borh, or borhes, a pledge.] In Saxon law. A free surety, or free pledge. Spelman, voc. Friborga. 2 Inst. 73. Lord Coke observes that the term free-borrow continued to be used in his day, in some places. Id. ibid.