scutage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scutage
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word scūtāgium. See scutum, -age
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In Mendel Rivers' South Carolinian fief, the voters do all but pay scutage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had they come, as representatives of the feudal overlord—the Landlord—ao as to make an assessment for the next scutage?
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The chief vassals who were unwilling to join the army were allowed to pay a fixed tax or "scutage" instead of giving their personal service.
From Henry the Second by Mrs. J. R. Green
In a sense, scutage was the beginning of taxation; but it was only a commutation for military service, much as a man to-day might pay a substitute to go to war in times of draft.
From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson
Twenty-two years before scutage had been substituted for military service; but this was merely a matter of feudal tenure.
From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson
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