In feudal law: A rent paid to the superior in commutation of military service.

In feudal law, a sum of money paid by a vassal to a superior lord in lieu of military service.

a payment to the lord in commutation of military service.

A periodical payment in corn to the superior in commutation of military service. Cf. wardpenny, n.

(formerly in Scottish land tenure) a wardship in which a fixed annual sum was paid to the superior in lieu of the whole profits.

= wardpenny, n.