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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A term which was applied, in feudal law, to a villein annexed to a manor, and having charge to do ali base services within the same, and to see the same freed from all things that might annoy hls lord. Such a villein regardant was thus opposed to a villein en gros, who was transferable by deed from one owner to another.

Cowell; 2 Bl. Comm. 93.