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Leg. Wall. T. II, n. 72, p. 119.

A serving bondman is one wbo shall be in the house of an uchelwr who goes not to s|»ade nor quern : such is a domestic bondman one who shall remain by invitation wilhout buying with an uchelwr his worth is the same as the worth of a bought bondman.

tbid., n. 111, p. 83.

An adventilious bondman is one who shall be in the house of an uchelwr at spade an fork and such a one is a domeslic bondman who shall remain with an uchelwr unbought uninvited : and the worth of such a one is twice as much as that of a boodman who shall be bought.

Ibid., a. 113, p. 83.

If an adventitious bondman corne to the house of an uchelwr and take land of him and hold a house and pay tune and gwestva to his lord, his worth is to be half the worth of the king's altud from that lime foi th, as the altud of a priviledge uchelwr.

Ibid., n. 2, p. 403.

Conventional bondmen an altuds can be sold by their lord and given by law and amends are not to be made for them if they unlawfully killed because they hâve no kindred who can demand it.

Ibid., cod. Gwent. T. I, n. 35, p. 696.

Whoever shall cause tbe pregnancy of a bond female that shall be upon hire let him give another in lier place to her lord until she be delivered ; and afterwards let him cause the issue to be nursed and let the bond female return to her lord, and if the bond female die in child birlh let him who cause her pregnancy pay her lawful worth to the lord.

Ibid., cod. Dimet. T. 1, n. 53, p. 531.

Two women whose privilège does not progress with the privilège of their husband thèse are a bond woman although they may hâve children by a kymro or may be taken clandestinely by a kymro the owner of the bond woman can recover her when he will, as he may his animal ; and therefore the privilège of bondage is stronger than that of concubinage : lf the man who shall hâve taken lier should mariy her v, ithout the consent of the uchelwr the privilège of mariage is stronger than that of bondage.

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