A vassal has served his lord faithfully and is now accused by a neighbour of seizing his land. What could he expect from his lord in return for that service?

الشرح

The bond ran both ways: the man owed service, and in exchange his lord was bound to defend him and to give him justice among his fellow tenants, which is why quarrels of this kind came before the lord who had granted the land in the first place. Treating the relationship as one-way is the common misreading, since a lord who failed his men lost both their service and their loyalty.