"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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An Irish priest and a Rabbi get into a car accident. They both get out of their cars and stumble over to the side of the road. The Rabbi says, "Oy vey! What a wreck!" The priest asks him, "Are you all right, Rabbi?" The Rabbi responds, "Just a little shaken." The priest pulls a flask of whiskey from his coat and says, "Here, drink some of this it will calm your nerves." The Rabbi takes the flask and drinks it down and says, "Well, what are we going to tell the police?" "Well," the priest says, "I don't know what your aft' to be tellin' them. But I'll be tellin' them I wasn't the one drinkin'."
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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