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Webster 1913 Edition

Escuage

Es′cu-age

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[OF.
escuage
, F.
écuage
, from OF.
escu
shield, F.
écu
. See
Esquire
.]
(Feud. Law)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Escuage

ES'CUAGE

,
Noun.
[L. scutum, a shield.] In feudal law, service of the shield, called also scutage; a species of tenure by knight service, by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war; afterwards exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction.

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