英语词汇“grand serjeanty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

grand serjeanty n. English History a form of feudal tenure obliging the tenant to render a service to the monarch contributory to the defence of the country.

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1449Graunte Sergeaunte [see sense A. 3].

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 12 And all these tenauntes maye holde their landes by dyuers tenures..as by..graunt sergentie, petyte sergentie, franke almoyne.

a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 154 Euery grand Serieanty is a tenure in chiefe, being of none but of the King, to doe vnto him a more speciall seruice whatsoeuer by the person of a man, as to beare his Banner or Lance, to lead his horse, to carry the sword before him at his coronation [etc.].

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. v. 73 Such was the tenure by grand serjeanty, per magnum servitium, 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 butler, champion, or other officer at his coronation.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 118 The office of High Steward was originally annexed to the manor of Hinckley in Leicestershire, and held in grand serjeanty.

1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide to Heraldry i. 2 Even such a leading twelfth-century magnate as William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, held his vast estates in Norfolk and Sussex by grand serjeanty—the duty to serve as butler at the coronation banquet—not by military service.

2003 B. J. Sokol & M. Sokol Shakespeare, Law & Marriage iii. 43 Although wardship arose in the case of land held by socage (agricultural) tenure or by military tenure (knight service or grand serjeanty), it was most onerous in military tenure.

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释义	> as lemmas grand serjeanty grand serjeanty n. English History a form of feudal tenure obliging the tenant to render a service to the monarch contributory to the defence of the country. ΚΠ 1449Graunte Sergeaunte [see sense A. 3]. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 12 And all these tenauntes maye holde their landes by dyuers tenures..as by..graunt sergentie, petyte sergentie, franke almoyne. a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 154 Euery grand Serieanty is a tenure in chiefe, being of none but of the King, to doe vnto him a more speciall seruice whatsoeuer by the person of a man, as to beare his Banner or Lance, to lead his horse, to carry the sword before him at his coronation [etc.]. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. v. 73 Such was the tenure by grand serjeanty, per magnum servitium, 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 butler, champion, or other officer at his coronation. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 118 The office of High Steward was originally annexed to the manor of Hinckley in Leicestershire, and held in grand serjeanty. 1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide to Heraldry i. 2 Even such a leading twelfth-century magnate as William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, held his vast estates in Norfolk and Sussex by grand serjeanty—the duty to serve as butler at the coronation banquet—not by military service. 2003 B. J. Sokol & M. Sokol Shakespeare, Law & Marriage iii. 43 Although wardship arose in the case of land held by socage (agricultural) tenure or by military tenure (knight service or grand serjeanty), it was most onerous in military tenure. extracted from grandadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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