Archaic spelling of sergeant. / (law) Short for serjeant-at-law.

plural of serjeant

Archaic spelling of sergeant-at-arms (“person who keeps order at a meeting”).

plural of serjeant-at-arms

Alternative form of sergeant at mace

plural of serjeant-at-law

(historical) A member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar, who for many centuries had exclusive jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas.

(Britain, historical) A form of land ownership under the feudal system, where a family held an estate in exchange for rendering a service to their liege lord.

Obsolete form of serjeanty.

plural of serjeantry