PETIT SERJEANTY


Meaning of PETIT SERJEANTY in English

/pet"ee/ , Medieval Eng. Law.

serjeanty in which the tenant renders services of an impersonal nature to the king, as providing him annually with an implement of war, as a lance or bow. Cf. grand serjeanty .

[ 1515-25; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .