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Escuage

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In old English law

Service of the shield. Tenants who hold their land by escuage hold by knight's service.

1 Thomas, Co. Litt. 272; Litt. § 95, 86b.