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servitia (1302)

servitia (1302)

servicia  
  FEW:  servitium 11,544a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  servise (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  servitium 3053a
ls(loanword: Latin )
le

s. pl.

per quae servitia
law judicial writ requiring a tenant to acknowledge by what services he claims to hold his tenement after the overlordship has been transferred to a third party by final concord
( 1302 )  Sire Watier de Langetone suyt le per quae servitia vers sire Jon Lovel, qe vynt en curt, e demaunde ly fut par queiz services il clama tener le maner de Tydesmerche  YBB 30-31 Ed I 9
( 1304 )  A. sywi le per quae servicia vers B., qe vint par attourne e pria le attournement  YBB 32-33 Ed I 43
( 1339 )  Per quae servitia, ou le bref fust chalengé de ceo q'il ne fist pas mencion come bien des terres il tient [...] ne par quex services il clama tenir ses terres  YBB 13-14 Ed III 39

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See also:

serf1  servage  servager  servant1  servante1  servantie  serve1  serviable  servil  serviour  servir  servisable  servisant  servise1  servitur  servitute 
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servitia