"knight's fee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: knights' fees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|knights' fees}} knight's fee (plural knights' fees)
  1. (law, historical) A kind of land tenure requiring military service to the land's chief lord as an obligation to maintain possession. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law, Feudalism, Real estate
    Sense id: en-knight's_fee-en-noun-Pf1kkks6 Disambiguation of Feudalism: 77 23 Disambiguation of Real estate: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: law
  2. (law, historical) The specific amount of land giving rise to such requirements generally, being sometimes a hide or less and sometimes six or more hides. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-knight's_fee-en-noun-4YLGtlSG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: knight service, serjeanty Translations (Translations): caballería [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 52 48

Inflected forms

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