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Angaria

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

A term used in the Roman law to denote a forced or compulsory service exacted by the government for public purposes; as a forced rendition of labor or goods for the public service.

See Dig. 50, 4, 18, 4.

In maritime law

A forced service, (onus,) imposed on a vessel for public purposes; an impressment of a vessel. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib.

1, c. 5, §§ 1-6.

In feudal law. Any troublesome or vexatious personal service paid by the tenant to his lord.

Spelman.