serventía

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Galician

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Etymology

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From servente (servant) +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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serventía f (plural serventías)

  1. (law) right to access to or from one's own property through other's properties; a Galician customary law derived from the Germanic freedom to roam
    Synonym: servidume
  2. (law, historical) service ought to a manor house or monastery either because of a contract or because of dependency
    • 1421, Manuel Lucas Álvarez, editor, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro, page 163:
      os ditos reos quebrantaron as condiçõẽs do dito foro e foran contra o dito moesteiro e priores del, por ende que avian perdido o dito couto e herdades; e non se escusauan da dita vasalajẽẽ e seruentia por dizer que eran fidalgos, pois que se obligaron a elo
      said defendants broke the condition of said contract and acted against said monastery and priors, and so they had lost said fief and properties; and they were not exempt of said vassalage and ought services saying that they were noblemen, because previously they had obliged themselves to it

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