- servitium scuti
- Service money; scutage or money paid by the tenant to his lord in lieu of knight service. See 2 Bl Comm 74.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
servitium scuti
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servitium scuti — /sarvish(iy)am sk(y)uwtay/ Service of the shield; that is, knight service … Black's law dictionary
ARMIGER — servus ex Virgilio aliisque satis notus: Formâ tum vertitur oris Antiquum in Butem, hic Dardanio Anchisae Armiger ante fuit. Aen. l. 9. v. 648. isque pretiosus, si Plinio credimus, de lusciniis loquenti, l. 10. c. 29. Ergo ser vorum illis pretia… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
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