serfage

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Rural serfage was maintained, which proves that the revolution had been directed by the burghers, and for their own profit.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

The rural tenants found themselves in a mesh of legal claims—old services revived, old dues enforced, endless suits in the King's courts grinding them again to serfage.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard

Nothing certain is known as to the origin of Russian serfage.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

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

They revived Old-World objections, which, to one acquainted with the most every-day workings of serfage, were ridiculous.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various