Editorial note — Part I. Representative Institutions In England, France, And Spain, From The Fifth To The Eleventh Century.

[Footnote 10: From wapen, weapons, and tac, a touch, i. e. a shaking or striking of the arms; or from the same wapen, and tac, a taking or receiving of the vassal's arms by a new lord in token of subjection; or because the people, in confirmation of union, touch the weapon of their lord. See Blackstone, Introd., sec. 4. and Holinshed, vol. v. p. 37.]