HOMAGE
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
HOLDES. Sax. In Saxon law. A military commander. Spelman.
the latter sitting, and held his hands extended and joined between the hands of the lord, and said: “I become your man [homo] from this day forward, of life and limb and earthly honor, and to you will be faithful and ‘loyal, and bear you faith, for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king, so help me God.” The tenant then received a kiss from the lord. Homage could be done only to the lord himself. Litt. § 85; Glanv. lib. 9, c.1; Bract. fols. 77b, 78-80; Wharton.
the latter sitting, and held his hands extended and joined between the hands of the lord, and said: “I become your man [homo] from this day forward, of life and limb and earthly honor, and to you will be faithful and ‘loyal, and bear you faith, for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king, so help me God.” The tenant then received a kiss from the lord. Homage could be done only to the lord himself. Litt. § 85; Glanv. lib. 9, c.1; Bract. fols. 77b, 78-80; Wharton.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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