Latin: In the civil law. A soldier.
In old English law. A knight because military service was part of the feudal tenure. Also a tenant by military service, not a knight 1 Bl. Comm. 404; Seld. Tit. Hon. 834.
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Latin: In the civil law. A soldier.
In old English law. A knight because military service was part of the feudal tenure. Also a tenant by military service, not a knight 1 Bl. Comm. 404; Seld. Tit. Hon. 834.