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]