veterancy

— He alſo laid hold of this opportunity, to aboliſh the indulgence of Veterancy at ſixteen years, which had been extorted by the ſeditious in Germany and Pannonia; and he reſtored the ordinances that made twenty years ſervice the condition of that privilege; proteſting, that otherwiſe the ſtate could not ſupport the expence of the armies it kept on foot.