Culvertage
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A base kind of slavery; the confiscation or forfeiture, which takes place when a lord seizes his tenant's estate. Blount; Du Cange. CUM ACTIO FUERIT MERE CRIMINAL- !s, institui poterit ab initio crimlnallter vel civlliter. When an action is merely criminal, it can be instituted from the beginning, either criminally or civilly. Bracton, 102.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Forfeiture of status by a freeman.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English law. A base kind of slavery. The confiscation or forfeiture which takes place when a lord seizes hla tenant's estate. Blount; Du Cange.