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Definition of Servitudes

Servitude
Servitude 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. Note: 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.

Meaning of Servitudes from wikipedia

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- Indentured servitude is a form of labor in which a person is contracted to work without salary for a specific number of years. The contract called an...
- use. As use relations, servitudes are fundamentally solidary and indivisible rights, the latter being what causes the servitude to remain intact despite...
- legal version of servitudes, which are what English law calls ea****ts.[citation needed] However covenants and equitable servitudes in most of the jurisdictions...
- successor-in-title. Predial servitudes are limited to: nonpossessory interests: ea****ts appurtenant, whether public or private. Predial servitudes are generally characterized...
- Involuntary servitude or involuntary slavery is a legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person's will to benefit another, under...
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- The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (French: Discours de la servitude volontaire) is an essay by Étienne de La Boétie. The text was published clandestinely...
- Navigable servitude is a doctrine in United States constitutional law that gives the federal government the right to regulate navigable waterways as an...
- Penal Servitude Act is a stock short title which was used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to penal servitude. The abolition of penal servitude...