Escuage
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Fr. [from escu, a shield; L. Lat. scutagium, q. v.] In old English law. A species of military or knight-service; (service of the shield;) or rather an incident to the tenure by knight-service. Litt. sect.
95. Co. Litt. 68 b.
A pecuniary payment made as a compensation or commutation for actual service, otherwise called scutage, (q. v.) 2 Bl. Com. 14, 80.