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Meaning of serventía | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2
[seɾβenˈtiɐ]

Definitions

  1. 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
    feminine
  2. service ought to a manor house or monastery either because of a contract or because of dependency
    feminine, historical

Examples

“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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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