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Meaning of Castleguard, castlegard, or castleward
(Law Lat. castelgardum, castelli guardia, wardum castri, custodia castri). In feudal and old English law. The defense or guard of a castle; otherwise called “watch” and “ward.” A species of feudal service or tenure; a kind of tenure by knight’s service. Spelman, voc. “Castelgardum;” Termes de la Ley; Litt. § 111; Co. Litt. 82b. The service was sometimes changed into an annual rent, and then the tenure became a tenure in socage. 4 Coke, 88. See 3 How. St. Tr. 866. An imposition anciently laid upon such persons as lived within a certain distance of any castle, towards the maintenance of such as watched and warded the castle. Magna Charta, c. 20; St. 32 Hen. VIIL c 48; Cowell. The circuit itself, inhabited by such as were subject to this service. Cowell; Blount; Termes de lay Ley.
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