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| Escuage | Escuage \Es"cu*age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. escuage, F. ['e]cuage, from OF. escu shield, F. ['e]cu. See {Esquire}.] (Feud. Law) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also {scutage}. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] |
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