Definition of Knight service
Knight´ serv´ice
n.
1.
(Feud. Law)
The
military
service
by
rendering
which
a
knight
held
his
lands
.
2.
(Eng. Feud. Law)
A
tenure
of
lands
held
by
knights
on
condition
of
performing
military
service
.
See
Chivalry
,
n
.
,
4
.
By
far
the
greater
part
of
England
[
in
the
13th
century
]
is
held
of
the
king
by
knight's service
. . . .
In
order
to
understand
this
tenure
we
must
form
the
conception
of
a
unit
of
military
service
.
That
unit
seems
to
be
the
service
of
one
knight
or
fully
armed
horseman
(
servitium unius militis
)
to
be
done
to
the
king
in
his
army
for
forty
days
in
the
year
,
if
it
be
called
for
. . . .
The
limit
of
forty
days
seems
to
have
existed
rather
in
theory
than
practice
.
- Pollock & Mait.
3.
Service
such
as
a
knight
can
or
should
render
;
hence
,
good
or
valuable
service
.
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