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.