Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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High Court of Chivalry.
Hist. A court of honor having jurisdiction over matters relating to deeds of arms and war, armorial insignia, and precedence. - Also termed Court of Chivalry; Court of Earl Marshal. See COURT OF HONOR. "This Curia Marescalli, or High Court of Chivalry, was revived by James I as a court of honour, which not only tried the right to distinctions of honour and coat armour but also redressed affronts to honour such as slander. The slander jurisdiction was later denied, leaving it with a jurisdiction probably confined to disputes over armorial bearings, which are determined according to the law of arms. The court, which has only sat once since 1737, is the last English court to use the procedure of the civil law." J.H. Baker, An Introduction to English Legal History 142 (3d ed. 1990).
chivalry
Hist. Tenure held by knight-service; tenure in which a person held land in exchange for military service. See KNIGHT-SERVICE."Chivalry is a tenure of land by knight's service: for the better understanding whereof it is to be known, that there is no land but is held mediately or immediately of the crown by some service or other; and therefore all our free-holds that are to us and our heirs are called fees, as proceeding from the bounty of the king for some small yearly rent, and the performance of such services as originally were imposed upon the land at the giving thereof .... And these services are all by Littleton divided into two sorts, chivalry and soccage: the one martial and military; the other clownish and rustical." Termes de la Ley 83-84 (1st Am. ed. 1812).
court of chivalry
See HIGH COURT OF CHIVALRY.
guardian in chivalry.
Hist. A guardian who, by virtue of knight's service, had custody of the body and lands of a male heir under 21 or a female heir under 14. 0 This type of guardian had no accountability for profits.
livery in chivalry
Hist. The delivery of possession of real property from a guardian to a ward in chivalry when the ward reached majority.
wardship in chivalry
Wardship as incident to the tenure of knight-service.