villein
61villain — villain, villein The two spellings are forms of a single word with two branches, originally meaning either ‘a low born rustic’ or ‘a serf in the feudal system’ and derived from the Latin word villa meaning ‘country house or farm’. The spelling… …
62native habendo — /natayvow habendow/ In old English law, a writ which lay for a lord when his villein had run away from him. It was directed to the sheriff, and commanded him to apprehend the villein, and to restore him together with his goods to the lord …
63neife — neife, naif, nativus /niyf/nayiyf/natayvas/ In old English law, a woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman + naif /nayiyf/ L. Fr. A villein; a born slave; a bondwoman See also nativus …
64naif — neife, naif, nativus /niyf/nayiyf/natayvas/ In old English law, a woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman + naif /nayiyf/ L. Fr. A villein; a born slave; a bondwoman See also nativus …
65neife, naif, nativus — /niyf/nayiyf/natayvas/ In old English law, a woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman + naif /nayiyf/ L. Fr. A villein; a born slave; a bondwoman See also nativus …
66native habendo — /natayvow habendow/ In old English law, a writ which lay for a lord when his villein had run away from him. It was directed to the sheriff, and commanded him to apprehend the villein, and to restore him together with his goods to the lord …
67neife — neife, naif, nativus /niyf/nayiyf/natayvas/ In old English law, a woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman + naif /nayiyf/ L. Fr. A villein; a born slave; a bondwoman See also nativus …
68naif — neife, naif, nativus /niyf/nayiyf/natayvas/ In old English law, a woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman + naif /nayiyf/ L. Fr. A villein; a born slave; a bondwoman See also nativus …
69neife, naif, nativus — /niyf/nayiyf/natayvas/ In old English law, a woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman + naif /nayiyf/ L. Fr. A villein; a born slave; a bondwoman See also nativus …
70villeinage — /vilanaj/ In feudal law, a servile kind of tenure belonging to lands or tenements, whereby the tenant was bound to do all such services as the lord commanded, or were fit for a villein to do. See villein. @ pure villeinage A base tenure, where a… …
