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Escuage

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Knight-service; money paid by the tenant in lieu thereof.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

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; Littleton § 95, 86 6. Abolished by Stat. 12 Car. II. c. 24! Scutage.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Service of the shield. One of the varieties of tenure in knight's service, the duty imposed being that of accompanying the king to the wars for forty days, at the tenant's own charge, or sending a substitute. In later times, this servico was commuted for a certain payment in money, which was then called "escuage certain." See 2 Bl. Comm. 74, 75.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. fr.

In old English law. Service of the shield; a kind of knight-service, in which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war at his own charge; later, a pecuniary commutation for actual service.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

(Service of whereby the tenant own charge. Later stead, called escuage

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

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.