Escuage
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Escuage
(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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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(n)
escuage
In later feudal law, a commutation paid by feudal tenants in lieu of military service; scutage.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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Escuage
es′kū-āj scutage.
Etymology
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OF. escuage, F. écuage, from OF. escu, shield, F. écu,. See Esquire
Usage in literature
They were discharged of homage, reliefs, escuage, and aids. "Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed." by