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Scutage : \Scu"tage\ (?; 48), n. [LL. scutagium, from L. scutum a
shield.] (Eng. Hist.)
Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See
Escuage.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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SCUTAGE, old Eng. law. The name of a tax or contribution raised for the use
of the king's armies by those who held lands by knight's service.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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