frankpledge

frank.pledge

n.（名词）
An Anglo-Saxon legal system in which units or tithings composed of ten households were formed, in each of which members were held responsible for one another`s conduct.
十户联保制：一种盎格鲁-撒克逊的法律体系，其中形成含有十户人家的单位或十户区，在一单位或十户区里，成员们对彼此的行为都负有责任
A member of a unit in frankpledge.
十户联保制中的成员

来源：
Middle English frankplegge
中古英语 frankplegge
from Anglo-Norman frauncpledge
源自 英法语 frauncpledge
Old French franc [free, frank] * see frank
古法语 franc [自由的，坦率的] *参见 frank
Old French plege [pledge] * see pledge
古法语 plege [抵押，典当品] *参见 pledge