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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

SERJEANTY, Eng. law. A species of service which cannot be due or performed from a tenant to any lord but the king; and is either grand or petit serjeanty.