villein
11villein socage — Socage Soc age, n.[From {Soc}; cf. LL. socagium.] (O.Eng. Law) A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight s service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be… …
12villein in gross — /vilan in grows/ In feudal law, a villein who was annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another. 2 Bl.Comm. 93 …
13villein regardant — /vilan ragardant/ In feudal law, a villein annexed to the manor of land; a serf …
14villein regardant — A villein annexed to the manor or lands of the lord, not attached to the person of the lord. See 2 Bl Comm 93 …
15villein services — The services required of a villein by the lord of the manor …
16villein socage — Sometimes called privileged villeinage. A kind of villeinage such as has been held of the kings of England since the Norman Conquest. The services were villein services, but they were fixed and certain; the tenant could not alien but was… …
17villein socage — noun : a tenure of land held by a tenant villein owing by custom a duty to render to the feudal lord fixed and definite services of a base and servile nature * * * Medieval Hist. land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a… …
18villein — noun Etymology: Middle English vilain, vilein more at villain Date: 14th century 1. a free common villager or village peasant of any of the feudal classes lower in rank than the thane 2. a free peasant of a feudal class higher in rank than a… …
19villein — /vil euhn, ayn, vi layn /, n. a member of a class of partially free persons under the feudal system, who were serfs with respect to their lord but had the rights and privileges of freemen with respect to others. Also, villain. [1275 1325; ME; see …
20villein — noun /ˈvɪlən,ˈvɪleɪn/ A feudal tenant …
