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.