DE SCUTAGIO HABENDO

de scutagio habendo (dee skyoo-tay-jee-oh h<<schwa>>-ben-doh), n.[Law Latin “for having

scutage”]  Hist.  1.A  writ  ordering  a  tenant-in-chief  by  knight’s  service  to  serve  in  a  war,  send  a

substitute, or pay a sum of money. 2. A writ authorizing a lord who had served in the war or paid

the required fine to recover the scutage from his knight’s fees. See SCUTAGE.

“Such a baron, having proved that he fulfilled his contract or paid his fine, will have a royal

writ de scutagio habendo, whereby the sheriff will be ordered to cause him to have the scutage due

from his tenants. Still, before he can get his scutage, he has to obtain something that the king is apt

to  treat as  a  favour.”  1  Frederick  Pollock  & Frederic W.  Maitland,  The History  of  English  Law

Before the Time of Edward I 270 (2d ed. 1898). [Blacks Law 8th]