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Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only.

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  1. n. Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only.
  2. Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also serjeanty.] Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or the like. Tomlins. Cowell. Blackstone. -- Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.
  3. Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service notdue to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also serjeanty.]Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the tenant wasbound to do some special honorary service to the king in person, asto carry his banner, his sword, or the like. Tomlins. Cowell.Blackstone.-- Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.
  4. n. Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only.