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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. A soldier. in Old English Law. A knight, because military service was part of the feudal tenure., Also, a tenant by military service, not a knight.
1 Bla. Com. 404; Seld. Tit. lion. 834.