 Temple speaks, a sort of people in a condition of downright servitude, used and employed in the most servile works, and belonging, both they, their children, and effects, to the lord of the soil, like the rest of the cattle or stock upon it.  Cyclopedia of Law ... - Page 317by Charles Erehart Chadman - 1912Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1774 - 428 pages
...fpeaks, a fort of people in a condition of downright fervitude, ufed and employed in the moft fervile works, and belonging, both they, their children, and effects, to the lord of the foil, like the reit of the cattle or itock upon it. Thefe feem to have been thofe who held what was... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...fpeaks ', a fort of people in a condition of downright fervitude, ufed and employed in the moft fervile works, and belonging, both they, their children, and effects, to the lord of the foil, like the reft of the cattle or ftock upon it. Thefe feem to have been thofe who held what was... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...the lord «F the foil, like the reft of the cattle or ftocl upon it. Thefe feem to have been thofe who held what was called the folkland, from which they were removable at the lord's pleafure. •On the arrival of the Normans here, it feems not improbable, that they, who were ftrangers... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 636 pages
...fpeaks, a fort of people in a condition of downright lervitude, uled and employed in the moll fervile works, and belonging, both they, their children, and effects, to the lord of the loil, like the rell of the cattle or flock upon it. Thefe ftem to have been thofe who held what was... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 680 pages
...to the lord of the foil, like the reft of the cattle or ftock upon it. Thefe feem to have been thofe who held what was called the folkland, from which they were removable at the lordrs pleafure. On the arrival of the Normans here, it feems not improbable, that they, who were ftrangers... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...somewhat Danish in its composition. Under the Saxon government there were, as sir William Temple speaks, a sort of people in a condition of downright servitude,...children, and effects, to the lord of the soil, like the test of tlic cattle or stock upon it. H VI L 0 These seem to have been those who held what was called... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 pages
...there were, as lir William Temple ' speaks, a sort of people in a condition of downright serritnde, used and employed in the most servile works, and belonging,...effects, to the lord of the soil, like the rest of the otttle or «tock upon it. H VIL These seem to have been those who held what was called the folk-land,... | |
 | John Reeves - Constitutional history - 1814 - 528 pages
...These are the persons •who are described by Sir William Temple, as " a sort of " people who were in a condition of downright servitude, " used and employed in the most servile works; and be" longing, they, their children, and effects, to the lord of '" the soil, like the rest of the stock... | |
 | Charles Barton - Conveyancing - 1821 - 696 pages
...Gov. • Wright, 215, and notes vus." th«re. • 2 Blac. Com. 91. Spelm. Gloss. verb. " SerCOPYHOLD of downright servitude, used and employed in the most...what was called the folk-land, from which they were removeable at the lord's pleasure. On the arrival of the Normans here, it seems not improbable that... | |
 | John Scriven (serjeant at law.) - Copyhold - 1821 - 684 pages
...are assured they did (/), ' a sort of " ' people among us who were, as Sir William " ' Temple says, in a condition of downright " ' servitude, used and employed in the most " ' servile works, and belonged, they, their chil" ' dren and effects, to the lord of the soil, like " ' the rest of the stock... | |
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