| 单词 | simple or black ward |
| 释义 | > as lemmassimple or black ward 9. Scots Law. Tenure by military service, ward-holding n. in to hold ward = ‘to hold in ward’ (see hold v. 6, 19b). Also, a payment in commutation of military service; more explicitly taxed ward (see taxed adj. Compounds), in contradistinction to simple or black ward. Cf. castle-guard n. 2, 3, castleward n. 2. Now historical.The lawyers connected this sense with sense 2c, as if ‘to hold land in ward’ meant to hold it subject to the lord's right to ‘ward’ when the heir was a minor. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure by service > by military or knight service knight-service1439 ward1508 chivalry1528 ward-holding1681 military tenure1764 1508 Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 271/1 Landis..haldin of the kingis hienes be service of ward and releyf. 1530 Reg. Privy Seal Scot. II. 66/1 His landis within our realme that wer haldin of us be service of ward and releiff to Archibald Douglas. 1578 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 693 All altering of haldingis blanche quhilk of befoir wees haldin ward. 1642 T. Hope Diary (1843) 176 A neu commissioun, for changing of ward in few, both of lands haldin off the King and Prince. 1684 G. Mackenzie Instit. Law Scotl. (1694) ii. iv. 71 Some Lands hold Ward, some Feu, some Blench, and some Burgage. 1892 J. A. Henderson Ann. Lower Deeside 59 The king [c1680] in changing the holding of the lands from simple ward to taxed ward took occasion [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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