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Servage

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In feudal law. Where a tenant, besides payment of a certain rent, found one or more workmen for his lord's service. Tomlins. SERVANDA EST CONSUETUDO LOCI ubi causa agitur. The custom of the place ■where the action is brought is to be observed. 3 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 190, 219.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The service of furnishing one or more workmen for the lord.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Where a tenant, besides his rent, finds one or more workmen for his lord’s service. King John brought the Crown of England in servage to the see of Rome; 2 Inst. 174; Whart. Diet.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In feudal law, was where a tenant, besides payment of a certain rent, found one or more workmen for his lord's service. Tomlins.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

In feudal law, was where a tenant, besides payment of a certain rent, found one or more workmen for his lordjs service. Tomlins.