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Corvee

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Cor`vee´    (k?r`v´ or -v?´)
n.1.(Feudal Law) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.
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Noun1.corvee - unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes
toil, labor, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"


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"Not content with refusing revenue," he continued, "this outlander refuses also to beegar" (this is the corvee or forced labor on the roads), "and stirs my people up to the like treason.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
The ignorant began to murmur against me, and to say that I wanted to bring the days of the corvee back again; this made me anxious to finish this important work, that they might speedily appreciate its benefits.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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