Commendatus
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from commendare, q. v.] In feudal law. One who entrusts himself to the protection of another.
Spelman.
A person who, by voluntary homage, put himself under the protection of a superior lord. Cowell, voc.
Commondati.
His obligation in such case "was to faith and obedience, {Jide et obsequio,) but without oath, or any tenure.
Spelman.
Domesday, cited ibid.