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Involuntary servitude

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

Black's Law Dictionary

The condition of one who is compelled by force, coercion, or imprisonment, and against his will, to labor for another, whether he is paid or not.

See State v. West, 42 Minn. 147, 43 N. W. 845; Ex parte Wilson. 114 U. S. 417 , 5 Sup. Ct. 935, 29 Lu Ed. 89; Thompson v. Benton, 117 Mo. 83, 22 S. W. 863, 20 In R. A. 462, 38 Am. St. Rep. 639; In re Slaughterhouse Cases, 16 Wall. 69, 21 L. Ed. 394; Robertson v. Baldwin, 165 U. S. 275 , 17 Sup. Ct. 326, 41 In Ed. 715.

As to involuntary "Bankruptcy," "Nonsuit," and "Trust," see those titles.