Roture \Ro`ture\, n. [F.]
1. The condition of being a roturier.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Fr. & Canadian Law) A feudal tenure of lands by one who
has no privileges of nobility, but is permitted to
discharge all his obligations to his feudal lord or
superior by a payment of rent in money or kind and without
rendering any personal services.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]