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.
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.