Scutage

The tax of scutage or escuage, in the law of England under the feudal system, allowed a knight to "buy out" of the military service due to the Crown from the holder of a knight's fee. Its name derived from the knightly shield (in Latin: scutum). The term sometimes loosely applies to other pecuniary levies on the basis of the knight's fee.
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(n.)
Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
  

Fee paid for a knight or man-at-arms to avoid military service specified in the terms under which they hold a fiefdom . 

old Eng. law. Tax imposed on Knights in lieu of military service. Used by the King of England in the late Middle Ages as a form of revenue to hire mercenaries.

The name of a tax or contribution raised for the use of the king's armies by those who held lands by knight's service.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

scutage /'skju:tidʤ/
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