Usually means: Mutual responsibility system in communities.
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  1. frankpledge: Merriam-Webster
  2. frankpledge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. frankpledge: Collins English Dictionary
  4. frankpledge: Wordnik
  5. frankpledge: Wiktionary
  6. frankpledge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. frankpledge: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Frankpledge, frankpledge: Dictionary.com
  9. Frankpledge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Frankpledge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. frankpledge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Frankpledge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. frankpledge: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. frankpledge: FreeDictionary.org
  15. frankpledge: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (frankpledge)

noun:  (law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
noun:  Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
noun:  (law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
noun:  (law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.

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