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Manrent

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

or MANRED.

In Scotch law. The service of a man or vassal. A bond of manrent was an instrument by which a person, in order to secure the protection of some powerful lord, bound himself, "in

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. The service of a man or vassal. A bond of manrent was an instrument by which a person, in order to securethe protection of some powerful lord, bound himself to such lord for the performance of' certain services.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Scotch law. The servnr ice of a man or vassal. <A bond of manrent was an instrument by which a person, in order to secure the protection of some powerful lord, bound himself to such lord for the performinece of certain services.

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A bond between the lord and vassal; the vassal promising fidehty in consideration of the lord's protection.