Definition of Servetude
Serv"i*tude (?), n. [L.
servitudo: cf. F. servitude.] 1.
The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the
condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave;
slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence.
You would have sold your king to slaughter,
His princes and his peers to servitude.
Shak.
A splendid servitude; . . . for he that rises up
early, and goe&?; to bed late, only to receive addresses, is really as
much abridged in his freedom as he that waits to present
one. South.
2. Servants, collectively. [Obs.]
After him a cumbrous train
Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude.
Milton.
3. (Law) A right whereby one thing is
subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to
the common right.
&fist; The object of a servitude is either to suffer
something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with
respect to a thing. The easements of the English correspond in
some respects with the servitudes of the Roman law. Both terms
are used by common law writers, and often indiscriminately. The
former, however, rather indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter
the burden imposed. Ayliffe. Erskine. E. Washburn.
Penal servitude. See under Penal.
-- Personal servitude (Law), that which
arises when the use of a thing is granted as a real right to a
particular individual other than the proprietor. --
Predial servitude (Law), that which one
estate owes to another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards,
gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related to
houses and buildings, it is called urban.
Serv"i*tude (?), n. [L.
servitudo: cf. F. servitude.] 1.
The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the
condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave;
slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence.
You would have sold your king to slaughter,
His princes and his peers to servitude.
Shak.
A splendid servitude; . . . for he that rises up
early, and goe&?; to bed late, only to receive addresses, is really as
much abridged in his freedom as he that waits to present
one. South.
2. Servants, collectively. [Obs.]
After him a cumbrous train
Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude.
Milton.
3. (Law) A right whereby one thing is
subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to
the common right.
&fist; The object of a servitude is either to suffer
something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with
respect to a thing. The easements of the English correspond in
some respects with the servitudes of the Roman law. Both terms
are used by common law writers, and often indiscriminately. The
former, however, rather indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter
the burden imposed. Ayliffe. Erskine. E. Washburn.
Penal servitude. See under Penal.
-- Personal servitude (Law), that which
arises when the use of a thing is granted as a real right to a
particular individual other than the proprietor. --
Predial servitude (Law), that which one
estate owes to another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards,
gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related to
houses and buildings, it is called urban.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act or state of being in service to someone
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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