 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...money, and the like. Safe fervices were fuch as were fit only for peafants, or perfons of a fervile rank; as to plough the lord's land, to make his hedges,...out his dung, or other mean employments. The certain fervices, whether free or bafe, were fuch as were ftinted in quantity, and could not be exceeded on... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...money, and the like. Bafe fervices were fuch as were fit only for peafants, or perfons of a fervile rank ; as to plough the lord's land, to make his hedges,...out his dung, or other mean employments. The certain fervices, whether free or bafe, were fuch as were dinted in quantity, and could not be exceeded on... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...of [61] money, and the like. Base services were such as 'were fit only for peasants, or persons of a servile rank ; as to plough the lord's land, to make...dung, or other mean employments. The certain services, a 2 Inst. »6. imperial cities, etc. which hold direcdy from b 1 Inst. I. the emperor, are called the... | |
 | John Graves - Cleveland (England : District) - 1808 - 556 pages
...of money, and the like. Bafe-fcrvicct were fuch as were fit only for peafants, or perfons of fervile rank; as to plough the lord's land, to make his hedges,,...carry out his dung, or other mean employments. The certain-fervices, •whether free or bafe, were fuch as were ftinted in quantity; as to pay a ftated... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1816 - 614 pages
...883. J Idem, soz they were held by base services, such as were fit only for peasants, or persons of a servile rank, as to plough the Lord's land, to make his hedges, or other mean employments: The free tenures were knight service and common socage, of which the proprietors... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...a sum of money, and the like. Base services were such as were fit only for peasants or persons of a servile rank; as to plough the lord's land, to make...out his dung, or other mean employments. The certain sen-ices, whether free or base, were such as were stinted in quantity, and could not he exceeded ou... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - Digests, etc - 1822 - 1042 pages
...services were such as were fit only for peasants, or persons of a servile rank ; as to plough the lord'» land, to make his hedges, to carry out his dung, or other mean employments. Id. 61. — 4. The certain services, whether free or, base, were such a were «tinted in quantity,... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...sum of money, and the like. Base servi'.-es were such as were fit only for peasants, or persons of a servile rank ; as to plough the lord's land, to make his hedges, to carry out bis dung, or other mean employments. The certain services, whether free or base, were such as were... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...of money, and the r 61 ] like. Base services were such as were fit only for peasants or persons of a servile rank ; as to plough the lord's land, to make...employments. The certain services, whether free or base, were • 2 I ., -t . 296. the imperial cities, $c. 'vhich hold dii Co. Litt. 1. rectly from the emperor,... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - Law - 1825 - 1026 pages
...his hedge?, to carry out his dung, or other mean employments. Id. til,— 4. The certain service?, whether free or base, were such as were stinted in...any pretence ; as, to pay a stated annual rent, or (o plough such a field for thice days. Ibid. — 5. The uncertain depended upon unknown contingencies... | |
| |
Free services were such as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freeman to perform; as to serve under his lord in the wars, to pay a sum of money, and the like. Base services were such as were fit only for peasants, or persons of a servile... 
