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Knight's service
land tenure by service to the lord as a knight
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(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
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Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of ten…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, tenure, service, lord, knight.Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor.
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