"Vassalage" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

To pay relief to lords of manors. Capitali domino accipitare, i. e., to pay a relief, homage, or obedience to …

Money paid by a vassal to his lord upon the selling or exchanging of a feud. Enc. Lond

A swearing of the oath of fidelity or of fealty to one’s lord, under whose protection the qaasi-vassal has voluntarily …

one who is not a vassal, hut who for the sake of protection has connected hlmself with one more powerful. …

In ancient customs, a fee, due from the vassals to thelr lord for sharpening thelr plowing tackle

A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.

In early feudal law. A confidential vassal. A term applied to the followers or dependents of the ancient Ger-man chiefs, …

A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises

The plowing of land by the tenant, or vassal, in the service of his lord, whishaw

In feudal law. A sec-ond summons to Join the lord, addressed to those who had neglected the first. A summons …

A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to …

In feudal law. The vassal of a vassal

To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or …

The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive …

A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus …

In Canadian law. The right by virtue of which a lord subjects his vassals to grind at his mill, bake …

Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title …

An old law term signlfying, orig-inally, a “man,” whether slave or free. In later usage, a “freeman,” a “strong man,” …

basalyu, basalyus n vassal. v [a12] make into a vassal.

A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.