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].