"Nattvus" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
Lat In old English law, a native; specifically, one born iuto a condi-tion of servitude; a born serf or villein. —Nativa. A niefe or female villein. So call-ed because for the most part bond by nativity. Co. Litt. 122b.—Nativi oonvontionarii. Vil-leins or bondmen by contract or agreement.— Nativi de stipite. Vilieins or bondmen by birth or stock. Cowell.—Nativitas. Villen-age: that state in which men were born slaves. 2 Mon. Angl. 643.—Nativo habendo. A writ which lay for a lord wben his villein had run away from him. It was directed to the sheriff, and commanded him to apprehend the villein, and to restore him together with hie goods to the lord. Brown
Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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L. Fr. A villein; a born slave; a bondwoman
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. A woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman
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