villainage
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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If it had been possible to follow out the principle, we should have been able to distinguish between villains proper and men of free blood holding in villainage.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
The strict legal notion has to be modified to meet the emergency, and villainage, instead of indicating complete personal subjection, comes to mean subjection to a territorial lord.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Ancient demesne tenure is another proof of the same freedom in villainage; it is protected though base, and supposes independent rights on the part of the peasantry.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
The original unity of purpose and firmness of distinction are even more broken up when we look at the criminal and the police law where they touch villainage.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
I have had to speak of prescription as a source of villainage.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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