villenage

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It is obvious, however, that judgment was in no case given in favour of the plea; so that we can infer nothing as to the actual continuance of villenage.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

Seems to me that villenage is not extinct, even in this colonial and democratic community.'

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf

I cannot presume to conjecture in what degree voluntary manumission is to be reckoned among the means that contributed to the abolition of villenage.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

From henceforward we find little notice taken of villenage in parliamentary records, and there seems to have been a rapid tendency to its entire abolition.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. anga??us,

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah