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Webster 1913 Edition


Knight marshal

Knight′ mar′shal

Noun.
(Eng. Law)
An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.
Wharton.
2.
(Eng. Feud. Law)
A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See
Chivalry
,
Noun.
, 4.