Escrowl
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In old English law
An escrow; ascroll, “And deliver the deed to kB stranger, as an escrowl.” Perk. e.
1, § 9; Id. c.
2, §§ 137, 138. the duty imposed being that of accompanying the king to the wars for forty days, at the tenant’s own charge, or sending a substitute, In later times, this service was commuted for a certain payment in money, which was then called “escuage certain.”
See 2 BI, Comm. 74, 75.