Nativitas
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. Vl Uenage; that state in which men were born slaves. 2 Mon. Angl. 643. Called by Britton naifte. Britt. c. 31.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Villenage ; that state in which men were born slaves. 2 Mon. Angl. 643.
—Nativo habendo, A writ which lay for a lord when his villein had run away from him. It was directed to the sheriff, and commanded him to apprehend the villein, and to restore him together with his goods to the lord. Brown.
Defined under Nativus in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. I.
In old English law. Villeinage; that state in which men were born slaves.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old Englishlaw. Vil lenage; that state in which men were born slaves. 2 Mon, Angl. 643.