hostageships
hostageships is the plural of hostageship.
Meaning of hostageship
Noun
hostageship (countable and uncountable, plural hostageships)
- A condition of being held as surety for a pledge, as to appear before a magistrate for trial after release from gaol.
- English, Norman and French tradition seem all to point to an ancient and extremely rigorous form of suretyship or hostageship which would have rendered the surety liable to suffer the punishment that was hanging over the head of the released prisoner.1898, Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland, The history of English law before the time of Edward I, 2nd edition, volume 2, The University Press
Questions about hostageships
- What is hostageships the plural of?
- Hostageships is the plural of hostageship.
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