villeinage
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Britton, who wrote in the reign of Edward I., thus describes this tenure under the name of Villeinage.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
Villeinage, finally abolished for money compensation; laws mentioned under Elizabeth.
From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup
Villeinage has ceased in England, and it cannot be revived.
From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry
