serfage
Example Sentences
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A freeman might deliver himself to serfage by putting a leathern thong upon his neck.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
The question of villeinage and serfage finds no place in it.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by John Richard Green
A crowd of rustics, maddened at the thought of revived claims of serfage, of interminable suits of law which had become a tyranny, poured into the streets of the town.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
So long as serfage existed it was mere mockery to talk about re-organising Russia according to the latest results of political and social science.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
In the geographical distribution of serfage we can see reflected the origin and history of the institution.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
