Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sergeanty \Ser"geant*y\, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia.
   See {Sergeant}.] (Eng. Law)
   Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service
   not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also
   {serjeanty}.]

   {Grand sergeanty}, a particular kind of tenure by which the
      tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to
      the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or
      the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone.

   {Petit sergeanty}. See under {Petit}.