Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Yeomanry
1. The collective body of yeomen. 2. Volunteer cavalry units in Great Britain, later transferred to the Territorial Army.
yeoman
1. Hist. An attendant in a royal or noble household. 2. Hist. A commoner; a freeholder (under the rank of gentleman) who holds land yielding 40 shillings per year.
yeoman of the guard
A member of a corps of officers whose primary duties are to ceremonially guard the English royal household. ( A yeoman is usu. at least six feet tall, is of the best rank under the gentry, and is generally exempt from arrest on civil process. - Also termed yeoman of the guard of the royal household.