serfage

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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 Green, John Richard

The story of St. Edmundsbury shows how gradual was the transition from pure serfage to an imperfect freedom.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard

There is nothing to prevent the successor of Alexander the Second from restoring the system of serfage, with all its concomitant horrors.

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

Let every species of serfage and of intermediary lien between the sovereign and the lowest class of people be abolished.

From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John