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
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.