serjeanty

/sahr-juhn-tee/US // ˈsɑr dʒən ti //

蛇蝎美人,蛇蝎心肠,蛇口,蛇蝎心肠的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Medieval English 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.

Grand serjeanty is of course included by parity under military service.
In the servientes Regis who have been enfeoffed in divers counties we may see the predecessors of the tenants by serjeanty.
It tells us, further, that he held them by serjeanty—'et est venator leporum, et facit servitium'.