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Servus

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A slave.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A slave; a servant.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat.

In the civil and old English law. A slave; a bondman. Inst 1, 3, pr.; Bract, fol. 4b.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I.

In the civil and old English law. A slave; a bond-man; a servant. Servus facit ut herus det: the servant does [the work] in consideration of his master's giving [him wages].

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. Slave, bondman. Servus facit ut herus det: the slave does [the work] that the master may give [the wages].