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petit serjeanty

petit serjeanty noun: a kind of land tenure requiring serjeanty (i.e. personal service other than military service) to a mesne lord rather than the king or a lord paramount.

Noun

petit serjeanty

  1. (historical) A kind of land tenure requiring serjeanty (i.e. personal service other than military service) to a mesne lord rather than the king or a lord paramount.

Forms of petit serjeanty

alternative formpetit sergeanty
alternative formpetty serjeanty

Questions about petit serjeanty

What does petit serjeanty mean?
Petit serjeanty means a kind of land tenure requiring serjeanty (i.e. personal service other than military service) to a mesne lord rather than the king or a lord paramount.
What part of speech is petit serjeanty?
Petit serjeanty is a noun.

Words near petit serjeanty in the dictionary

  1. Petit Nevis
  2. petit pois
  3. petit pâté
  4. Petit Saint Vincent
  5. petit sergeanty
  6. petit serjeanty
  7. petit souper
  8. petit treason
  9. petit-bourgeois
  10. petit-maître
  11. Petitcodiac

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