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Knight service

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The military service a knight owed to his chief lord as a condition of holding title to his lands and rank. historical, uncountable

    "Land became fully devisable with the abolition of knight-service in 1660, but magnates continued to inherit property which was tied up in strict settlements, giving the current representative of the family no more than a life-tenancy."

  2. 2
    Synonym of knight's fee, the system of land tenure based on such service. historical, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English knyght service.

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