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Scutage \Scu"tage\ (?; 48), n. [LL. scutagium, from L. scutum a
shield.] (Eng. Hist.)
Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See
{Escuage}.
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Tallage \Tal"lage\, Talliage \Tal"li*age\, n. [F. taillage. See
{Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law)
A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior
tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage},
{taillage}.]
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Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called
{scutage}; when by cities and burghs, {tallage}; when
upon lands not held by military tenure, {hidage}.
--Blackstone.
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Escuage \Es"cu*age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. escuage, F. ['e]cuage, from
OF. escu shield, F. ['e]cu. See {Esquire}.] (Feud. Law)
Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a
tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own
charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary
satisfaction. Called also {scutage}. --Blackstone.
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