from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
SERVITUS, civil law. A service or servitude; a burden imposed by law, or the
agreement of parties upon certain persons, for the benefit of others; or
upon one estate for the advantage of another, or for the benefit of another
person than the owner.
from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
SERVITUS. Servitude; slavery; a state of bondage. "Servitus autem, est
constitutio," say the Institutes of Justinian, 1, 3, 2, "qua quis dominio
alieno contra naturam subjicitur." Servitude is a disposition of the law of
nations, by which, against common right, one man has been subjected to the
dominion of another. See Bract. 4 b; Co. Litt. 116.