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Angaria

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

L. Lat. [Gr. Ayya^^iot, from dj'/a^os, one aent or compelled to go.] In feudal lav. That which is exacted by a supeiior beyond what is due, {idquodprcB' ter dehiium exigitur,) Spehnan. An onerous or vexatious service required from a tenant by his lord.

Cowell. Blount.

Otherwise derived from the Fr. angurie, personal ser?ice, that which a man is bound to perform in his own person. Id, Angariation is used as an English word by old writers. Richardson's Diet.