be (of a) servile (nature)

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• nature — [ natyr ] n. f. • 1119; lat. natura I ♦ 1 ♦ (Qualifié) La nature de... Ensemble des caractères, des propriétés qui définissent un être, une chose concrète ou abstraite, généralement considérés comme constituant un genre. ⇒ essence; entité. « on… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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• villein 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… …   Useful english dictionary

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• Tenement (law) — A tenement (from the Latin to hold ), in law, is anything that is held, rather than owned. This usage is a holdover from feudalism, which still forms the basis of all real estate law in the English speaking world.Under feudalism, land itself is… …   Wikipedia

• villein socage — Medieval Hist. land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature. Cf. free socage. [1760 70] * * * …   Universalium

• villein socage — /vilan sokaj/ In feudal and old English law, a species of tenure in which the services to be rendered were certain and determinate, but were of a base or servile nature; i.e., not suitable to a man of free and honorable rank. This was also called …   Black's law dictionary

• base services — Services annexed to feudal tenure of villeinage; such services were of a base or servile nature …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• base tenants — Tenants rendering services of a base or servile nature …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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