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Castleguard

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In feudal law. An imposition anciently laid upon such persons as lived within a certain distance of any castle, towards the maintenance of such as watched and warded the castle.

— Castleguard rents. In old English law. Rents paid by those that dwelt within the precincts of a castle, towards the maintenance of such as watched and warded it.