Servitium

In feudal and old English law. The duty of obedience and performance which a tenant was bound to render to his lord by reason of his fee. Spelman. See Co. Litt. 65a.

Lab In feudal and old English law. The duty of obedience and performance which a tenant was bound to render to his lord, by reason of his fee. Spelman.

— Servitium feodale et prædiale. A personal service, but due only by reason of lands Which were held in fee. Bract. 1. 2, c. 16.

— Servitium foriuseeUm. Forinsec, foreign, or extra service; a kind of service that was due to the king, over and abave (foris) the service due to the lord.

— Servitium intrinsecum. Intrinsic or ordinary service ; the ordinary service due the chief lord, from tenants within the fee. Bract, fols. 36, 36b.

— Servitium liberum. A service to be done by feudatory tenants, who were called "Uberi homines," and distinguished from vassals, as was their service, for they were not bound to any of the base services of plowing the lord's land, etc., but were to find a man and horse, or go with the lord into the army, or to attend the court, etc. Cowell.

— Servitium militare. Knight-service; military service. 2 Bl. Comm. 62.

— Servitium regale. Royal service, or the rights and prerogatives of manors which belong to the king as lord of the same, and which were generally reckoned to be six, viz.; Power of judicature, in matters of property; power of life and death, in felonies and murder; a right to waifs and strays; assessments ; minting of money; and assise of bread, beer, weights, and measures. Cowell.

— Servitium scuti. Service of the shield ; that is, knight-service.

— Servitium sokæ. Service of the plow; that is, socage.

In feudal and old English law. The duty of a tenant to his lord, by reason of his fee. Servitium brigandinum: v. Servitium militare. Servitium forinsecum: forinsic, foreign, or extra service; service due to the king, over and above the service due to the lord. Servitium hauberticum: v. Servitium militare. Servitium intrinsecum: intrinsic or ordinary service; the ordinary service due the chief lord from tenants within the fee. Servitium liberum: free service. Servitium loricatum: v. Servitium militare. Servitium militare: knight-service; the service of a military tenant; military service. Servitium regale: royal service; a royal prerogative or privilege, granted to the lord of a manor. Servitium scuti: service of the shield, v. Servitium militare. Servitium semper sequitur homagium: service always follows homage. Servitium solae: service of the plough; socage. Servitium solita et consueta: the usual and customary services.

I. Service. Libenim servitium: free service. Servitium militare: military service, knight-service. Servitium regale: royal service, granted by royal prerogative to the lord of a manor. Servitium scuti (service of the shield): knightservice. Servitium sokae: socage, service of the plough. Servitia solita et consueta: the usual and customary services.

The old law-Latin word for service (q. u.), in the sense of a duty owed to a feudal superior. Servitium liberum. A sort of free or liberal service which certain feudatory tenants, called Kberi homines, were bound to perform; and as these tenants themselves were different from vassals, so were their services of a more honorable nature, — as to attend the lord's court, to find a man and horse to go with the lord into the army, and such like. Cowel. Servitium regale. Royal service, or the rights and prerogatives of manors which belong to the king as lord of the same, and which were generally reckoned to be six; viz., power of judicature, in matters of property; power of life and death, in felonies and murders; a right to waifs and straj's; assessments; minting of money; and assise of bread, heer, weights, and measures. Cowel.