FORINSEC SERVICE

forinsec service (f[schwa]-rin-sik). Hist. The feudal services owed by a mesne (i.e., intermediate) lord, esp. those of a military nature. — Also termed foreign service; forinsecum servitium. Cf. INTRINSEC SERVICE. “The terminology of Bracton’s day and of yet earlier times neatly expresses the distinction between the service which the tenant owes to his immediate lord […]