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Peonage

Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

A status or condition of compulsory service based upon the indebtedness of the peon to the master.

See 197 U. S. 207, 49 L. Ed. 726, 25 Sup. Ct. Rep. 429.