ESCUAGE
Etymology
Noun
escuage (countable and uncountable, plural escuages)
(historical, Middle Ages) Payment to a lord in lieu of military service.
Source: Wiktionary
Es"cu*age (; 48), n. Etym: [OF. escuage, F. écuage, from OF. escu shield, F. écu. See Esquire.] (Feud. Law)
Definition: Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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