"escuage" meaning in English

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          "text": "1829, George Crabb, History of English Law, 1831 American Edition, page 374,\nWhen the escuage which was to be paid was uncertain, being more or less according to the pleasure of the king or the assessment of parliament ; then the tenure by escuage was a sort of knight′s service."
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