knight-service
1Knight-service — was the dominant and distinctive tenure of land as a fief associated with a knight under the English feudal system.Early historyIt is associated in its origin with that development in warfare which made the mailed horseman, armed with lance and… …
2Knight service — Knight serv iceAlso Knight s service Knight s service . 1. (Feud. Law) The military service by rendering which a knight held his lands. 2. (Eng. Feud. Law) A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See… …
3knight service — noun also knight s service Etymology: Middle English knightes service 1. : the military service by rendering which a knight held his lands; also : the tenure of lands held on condition of performing military service …
4knight service — ▪ feudal law in the European feudal system, military duties performed in return for tenures of land. The military service might be required for wars or expeditions or merely for riding and escorting services or guarding the castle. To… …
5knight-service — A species of tenure under the feudal system under which each knight or soldier held a knight s fee and was bound to attend the king in his wars forty days in each year. This service in time degenerated into pecuniary commutations or aids until… …
6knight service — noun (in the Middle Ages) the tenure of land by a knight on condition of performing military service …
7Knight Service — ♦ Unpaid military service, usually of forty days duration, owed to lord or king in return for tenure of land. (Frame, Robin. Colonial Ireland, 1169 1369, 144) Related terms: Knight s Fee …
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9Knight's service — Knight service Knight serv iceAlso Knight s service Knight s service . 1. (Feud. Law) The military service by rendering which a knight held his lands. 2. (Eng. Feud. Law) A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military… …
10Knight's fee — (Feudal Law) The fee of a knight; specif., the amount of land the holding of which imposed the obligation of knight service, being sometimes a {hide[1](b)} or less, sometimes six or more hides. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …