"Serjeanty" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
A species of tenure by knight service, which was due to the king only, and was distinguished Into grand and petit serjeanty. The tenant holding hy grand serjeanty was bound, Instead of attending the king generally in his wars, to do some honorary service to the king in person, as to carry hls banner or sword, or to be hls butler, champlon, or other officer at his coronation. Petit serjeanty differed from grand serjeanty, in that the service rendered to the king was not of a personal nature, but consisted ln rendering bim annually some small implement of war, as a bow, sword, arrow, lance, or the like. Cowell; Brown
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A pilot, Michael Jordon, Bill Gates, the Pope, and a pizza delivery man were all in a plane together traveling through stormy conditions.Suddenly, the pilot came running back to the passengers and announced that lightning had hit the plane, and they were going to crash in a matter of minutes. "There are only enough parachutes for four of the five of us," he announced. "Since I'm the pilot, I get one!" After saying this, the pilot grabbed a parachute and jumped out of the plane."I'm the world's greatest athlete," proclaimed Michael Jordon. "This world needs great athletes, so I must live." Michael Jordon then grabbed a parachute and leaped out of the plane."I'm the smarest man in the world," bragged Bill Gates. "The world needs smart men, so I must also live!" Bill Gates grabbed a parachute and jumped out of the plane.At this point, the Pope began to speak. "I have lived a long life compared to you, and you may take the last parachute. I will go down with the plane.""You don't have to stay here! The world's smartest man jumped out of the plane with my backpack."
In old English lnw. Tenure by cornage; that ls, by the service of winding a horn when the Scots or …
Read the complete definitionLands and tenements which were not heid by knight-service, nor by grand serjeanty, nor by petit, hut by simple servlces; …
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