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41Somersett's Case — Court King s Bench Citation(s) (1772) 20 State Tr 1, (1772) Lofft 1 Case opinions Lord Mansfield …
42Serfdom — Serf redirects here. For the Saint, see Saint Serf. For SERF magnetometer, see SERF. Part o …
43Slavery at common law — in former colonies of the British Empire, developed slowly over centuries, characterised by inconsistent decisions and varying rationales for the treatment of slavery, the slave trade, and the rights of slaves and slave owners. Until 1807 there… …
44villeinage — /vil euh nij/, n. 1. the tenure by which a villein held land and tenements from a lord. 2. the condition or status of a villein. Also, villainage, villanage, villenage. [1275 1325; ME vilenage < AF, OF. See VILLEIN, AGE] * * * …
45Kościuszko, Tadeusz — born Feb. 4, 1746, Mereczowszczyzna, Pol. died Oct. 15, 1817, Solothurn, Switz. Polish patriot who fought in the American Revolution. He studied military engineering in Paris and went to America in 1776, where he joined the colonial army. He… …
46Plenus villanus — Lit. full villein . A term sometimes found in reference to a *villein able to supply two oxen for the *plough team. A villein able to supply one ox was known as a dimidus villanus …
47serf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bondman, esne, villein, vassal; peasant. See servant, populace, subjection.Ant., lord, master. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. land slave, bondman, thrall, villein; see servant , slave 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
48regardant — /ragardant/ A term which was applied, in feudal law, to a villein annexed to a manor, and having charge to do all base services within the same, and to see the same freed from all things that might annoy his lord. Such a villein regardant was… …
49villenage — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from vilein, vilain Date: 14th century 1. tenure at the will of a feudal lord by villein services 2. the status of a villein …
50Cadfael — (pronEng|ˈkædvaɪl, approximately CAD vile ) is the fictional detective in a series of murder mysteries by the late Edith Pargeter writing under the name Ellis Peters. Life and times of CadfaelA Welsh monk in an English monasteryCadfael is a… …
