The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Friborg \Fri"borg\, Friborgh \Fri"borgh\, n. [AS. fri[eth]borh,
lit., peace pledge; fri[eth] peace + borh, borg, pledge, akin
to E. borrow. The first part of the word was confused with
free, the last part, with borough.] (Old Eng. Law)
The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans
frankpledge. See Frankpledge. [Written also friburgh
and fribourg.] --Burril.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frankpledge \Frank"pledge`\, n. [Frank free + pledge.] (O. Eng.
Law)
(a) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, --
each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary,
tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the
good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the
public peace; a free surety.
(b) The tithing itself. --Bouvier.
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The servants of the crown were not, as now, bound
in frankpledge for each other. --Macaulay.
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