"serjeanty" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: serjeanties [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sergeauntie, serjaunte, from Old French serjantie, sergantie and Medieval Latin serjantia, sergantia. Compare sergeancy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sergeauntie}} Middle English sergeauntie, {{der|en|fro|serjantie}} Old French serjantie, {{der|en|ML.|serjantia}} Medieval Latin serjantia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} serjeanty (countable and uncountable, plural serjeanties)
  1. (law, historical) A land tenure in which a tenant provided his liege with some kind of personal service, as opposed to nonpersonal service, such as paying tax (socage) Wikipedia link: serjeanty Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Feudalism, Law Synonyms: sergeanty, sergeantry, serjanty, serjeantry [obsolete] Hyponyms: grand serjeanty, petit serjeanty Coordinate_terms: knight's fee, knight service
    Sense id: en-serjeanty-en-noun-D0Y68MCY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: law

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