villenage

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Seems to me that villenage is not extinct, even in this colonial and democratic community.'

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf

In relation to the tenants in villenage, the court baron was called the customary court.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Jaytee on record for existing monuments, 418. —— on villenage, 411.

From Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

The tenements in villenage, whether by law or usage, were never separated from the lordship, while its domain was reduced to a smaller extent through subinfeudations, sales, or demises for valuable rent.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

And thus it will be found in the history of nations, that, whenever population has reached that density in the temperate zones, serfdom, villenage, or slavery, whatever it has been called, has disappeared.

From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Davis, Jefferson