involuntary servitude
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 219 U.S. 219 - Alonzo Bailey v. State of Alabama · 1911Most cited · 632 citing opinions
The words involuntary servitude have a 'larger meaning than slavery.' ... The plain intention was to abolish slavery of whatever name and form and all its badges and incidents; to render impossible any state of bondage; to make labor free, by prohibiting that control by which the personal service of one man is disposed of or coerced for another's benefit, which is the essence of involuntary servitude.
United States Code
22 U.S.C. § 7102 — in this chapter
The term “involuntary servitude” includes a condition of servitude induced by means of—
(A) any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that, if the person did not enter into or continue in such condition, that person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint; or
(B) the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
These meaning than slavery; Bailey v. Alabama, 219 U. S. 219, 31 sup. Ct. 146, 66 L. Ed. 191. See Slavebt; Peonage; 11 CoL L. Rev. 363. I. 0. U. See at beginning of letter I. IOWA (an In<^ian word denoting **the place or final resting place!'). The name of one of the states of the United States, being the sixteenth admitted to the Union. This state was admitted to the Union by an act of congress approved December 28, 1846. IPSISSIMiS VERBIS (Lat). In the identical words: opposed to suhstantially. Townsend v. Jemison, 7 How. (U. S.) 719, 12 L. Ed. 880; Siunmons v. State, 6 Ohio St. 346. IPSO FACTO (Lat). By the fact itself. By the mere fact A proceeding ipso facto void is one which has not prima facie validity, but is void initio. IPSO JURE (Lat).
By the operation of law. By mere law.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
Defined under Involuntary in Black's Law Dictionary.