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Medieval Eng. Law.serjeanty in which the tenant rendered services of a personal, honorary nature to the king, as carrying his sword or banner. Cf. petit serjeanty.[ME graunte sergaunte < AF]
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grand serjeanty, per magnum servitium — Grand serjeanty by distinguished service,–whereby the tenant was bound, instead of serving the king generally in his wars, to do some special honorary service to the king in person; as to carry his banner, his sword, or the like; or to be his… … Ballentine's law dictionary
grand serjeanty — noun see grand sergeanty * * * Medieval Eng. Law. serjeanty in which the tenant rendered services of a personal, honorary nature to the king, as carrying his sword or banner. Cf. petit serjeanty. [ME graunte sergaunte < AF] … Useful english dictionary
grand serjeanty — A tenure in capite like knight service, but which did not include either personal attendance on the king or escuage. See 2 Bl Comm 73 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Serjeanty — Tenure by serjeanty was a form of land holding in Medieval England (and is also used of similar forms in Continental Europe) under the feudal system, intermediate between tenure by knight service and tenure in socage.Origins and developmentIt… … Wikipedia
serjeanty — /sarjantiy/ A species of tenure by knight service, which was due to the king only, and was distinguished into grand and petit serjeanty. The tenant holding by grand serjeanty was bound, instead of attending the king generally in his wars, to do… … Black's law dictionary
serjeanty — /sahr jeuhn tee/, n. Medieval Eng. Law. a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight. Also, sergeanty. Cf. grand serjeanty, petit serjeanty. [1300 50; ME sergeantie … Universalium
grand sergeanty — noun or grand serjeanty Etymology: Middle English graunte sergeaunte, literally, large sergeanty, from Anglo French grand serjeanty : sergeanty requiring some special personal service to the king (as the carrying of his banner or his sword at… … Useful english dictionary
serjeanty — noun A form of land ownership under the feudal system, where a family held an estate in exchange for rendering a service to their liege lord. The manor of Scrivelsby in England has, since the Middle Ages, been held by the Marmion family in grand… … Wiktionary
serjeanty — See grand serjeanty; petit sergeanty … Ballentine's law dictionary
grand — Jargon term for one thousand dollars. As to grand assize grand cape grand distress grand jury grand larceny grand serjeanty, see those titles … Black's law dictionary
