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Knight's fee
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Knights fee
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Magna Carta
a whole barony, by one hundred marks; the heir or heirs of a knight, for one whole knight's fee, one hundred shillings at the most, and he that hath less shall give less, according to the old … realm, our chief, justicers shall send our justices through every county once in the year, which, with the knights of the shires, shall take the said assizes in those counties; and those things that at the coming
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Tenure
and bartered for any equivalent, or granted free from all circumstances, or in consideration of any certain services. Knight service proper, or tenure in chivalry, was the original and most honourable species of tenure created by a … only tenures in land now existing with a few unimpor-tant exceptions are (1) free and common socage in fee-simple, including enfranchised copyhold, which is subject to paramount incidents; and (2) a term of years absolute (see LAND).
Bas-Chevaliers
Bas-Chevaliers, low or inferior knights by tenure of a base military fee, as distinguished from bannerets, chief or superior knights. Hence we call
Scutage
service towards furnishing the king's army, at the rate of one, two, or three marks for every knight's fee (obsolete long before 12 Car. 2, c. 24, which abolished the military tenure, Steph. Com., ii., Ch. on … a monetary payment levied by the king or barons as a substitute for some or all of the knights to be supplied to the king by each baron, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1349
Primer seisin
was a right which the King had, when any of his tenants in capite died seised of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir (provided he were of full age) one whole year's profits of the
Caballeria
An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knights fee hence in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish a land measure of varying size In Cuba it
Invasiones
Invasiones, the inquisition of serjeanties and knights' fees, Cowel. … Invasiones, the inquisition of serjeanties and knights' fees, Cowel.
Feodum militis
Feodum militis, a knight's fee.
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