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scu⋅tage

  [skyoo-tij]
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–noun
(in the feudal system) a payment exacted by a lord in lieu of military service due to him by the holder of a fee.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < ML scūtāgium. See scutum, -age
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scu·tage   (skyōō'tĭj)   
n.  A tax paid in lieu of military service in feudal times.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin scūtāgium, from Latin scūtum, shield; see scutum.]
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scutage

(scutage from Latin scutum, "shield"), in feudal law, payment made by a knight to commute the military service that he owed his lord. A lord might accept from his vassal a sum of money (or something else of value, often a horse) in lieu of service on some expedition. The system was advantageous to both sides and grew rapidly with the expansion of money economy in Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries.

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