sergeanty

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sergeanty - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sergeanty \Ser"geant*y\, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia.
     See Sergeant.] (Eng. Law)
     Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service
     not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also
     serjeanty.]
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     Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the
        tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to
        the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or
        the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone.
  
     Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.
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