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
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
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.