- culvertage
- cul·vert·age
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culvertage
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Culvertage — The demotion or abasement to the status of a freed *serf. [< OldFr.. culvert = villein] Cf. Colibertus; Nithing … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
culvertage — n. villeinage … Dictionary of difficult words
culvertage — /kalvartaj/ In old English law, a base kind of slavery. The confiscation or forfeiture which takes place when a lord seizes his tenant s estate … Black's law dictionary
culvertage — /kalvartaj/ In old English law, a base kind of slavery. The confiscation or forfeiture which takes place when a lord seizes his tenant s estate … Black's law dictionary
culvertage — A person s forfeiture of his status as a freeman … Ballentine's law dictionary
culvertage — ˈkəlvə(r)d.ij noun ( s) Etymology: Old French, from culvert serf (from Latin collibertus fellow freedman, from com + libertus one made free, from liber free) + age … Useful english dictionary
posse comitatus — /pos ee kom i tah teuhs, tay / 1. the body of persons that a peace officer of a county is empowered to call upon for assistance in preserving the peace, making arrests, and serving writs. 2. a body of persons so called into service. [1620 30; … Universalium
Colibertus — A group of men who were not slaves but were not wholly free, ranking below the free *villein; known also as quolibertus. They were found in Wessex as reported in *DB; their rare occurrence elsewhere indicates only that other commissioners for… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Nithing — An outlaw or wicked person was declared nithing . The term was used by William Rufus in 1088 when summoning the *fyrd to support him during a rebellion engineered by Odo of Bayeux. He requested all to present themselves, unless they wanted to be… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
