Tenure by Divine Service was a species of tenure, now obsolete, by which the tenant held the land on condition of performing some divine service, such as saying so many masses, distributing a certain amount in alms, etc. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AT.HTM
Tenure by Divine Service was a species of tenure, now obsolete, by which the tenant held the land on condition of performing some divine service, such as saying so many masses, distributing a certain amount in alms, etc.