Definitions for: Corvee


[n] unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes



Webster (1913) Definition: Cor`vee" (k?r`v" or -v?"), n. [F. corv['e]e, fr. LL.
corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat together;
cor- + rogare to ask.] (Feudal Law)
An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of
roads, for the lord or sovereign.

See Also: labor, labour, toil

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