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Villanus

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A villein.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I In old English law. A man; a villein. Villanus amercietar, villein shall be amerced, saving his husbandry].

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. A villein. Villanum servitium: villein service. Villanous judgment One by which the defendant lost his law.