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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Feud. Law) The military service by rendering which a knight held his lands.
- noun (Eng. Feud. Law) A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See
Chivalry , n., 4. - noun Service such as a knight can or should render; hence, good or valuable service.
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