Look up: scutage

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   Scutage
   a tax levied in place of personal military service by VASSALs - a cash payment
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   scutage
   In medieval Europe, a feudal tax imposed on knights as a substitute for military service. It developed from fines for non-attendance at musters under the Carolingians, but in England by the 12th...
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   Scutage
   Scu'tage noun [ Late Latin scutagium , from Latin scutum a shield.] (Eng. Hist.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage .
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   Scutage
   The tax of `scutage` or `escuage`, in the law of England under the feudal system, allowed a knight to `buy out` of the military service due to the Crown from the holder of a knight's fee. Its name derived from the knightly shield (in Latin: `scutum`). The term sometimes loosely applies to other pecuniary levies on the basis of the knight's fee.
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   Scutage
   • (n.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
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   scutage
   (scutage from Latin scutum, `shield`), in feudal law, payment made by a knight to commute the military service that he owed his lord. A lord might ... [7 related articles]
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   scutage
   scutage (skyOO'tij) , feudal payment, usually in cash, given in lieu of actual military service due from a vassal to an overlord. It applied especially to the vassals of the king. Scutage collection increased noticeably in the later 12th cent., no doubt partly because of the rise of a profession...
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