writ for having (or to have) escuage or scutage. A writ which anciently lay against tenants by knlght-service, to compel them to serve in the king’s wars or send substitutes or to pay escuage ; that is a sum of money. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 83, C. The same writ lay for one who had already served in the king’s army, or paid a fine instead, against those who held of hlm by knight-service, to recover his escuage or scutage. Reg. orig. 88; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 83, D, F
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
