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Pure villenage

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

Black's Law Dictionary

A base tenure, where a man holds upon terms of doing whatsoever is commanded of him, nor knows in the evening what is to be done in the morning, and is always bound to an uncertain service.

1 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 188.