National Park Service. A unit in the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for managing the nation’s national parks, monuments, scenic parkways, preserves, trails, river ways, seashores, lakeshores, recreational areas, and historic sites commemorating movements, events, and personalities of America’s past. • The Service was established in 1916. 16 USCA § 1.
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servitium feodale et praediale (s[schwa]r-vish-ee-[schwa]m fee-[schwa]-day-lee [or fyoo-day-lee] et pree-dee-ay-lee), n. [Law Latin] Hist. A personal service due only by reason of lands held in fee.
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viis et modis (vI-is et moh-dis). [Latin] Eccles. law. By all ways and means. • In ecclesiastical courts, service of a decree or citation viis et modis is equivalent to substituted service in temporal courts. It requires posting of a notice where a person is likely to be found. This type of service is contrasted
angaria (1)(罗马法)强制性劳役 指为公共目的，由政府要求实现的强制性劳役，如强制性劳动或运输劳役；或要求义务提供物品等。 (2)(封建法)封臣或农奴〔villian〕向领主尽的人身劳务〔personal service〕 (3)(海商法)为公共目的而施加给船舶的义务；船舶的强行征用
servant. A person who is employed by another to do work under the control and direction of the employer. • A servant, such as a full-time employee, provides personal services that are integral to an employer’s business, so a servant must submit to the employer’s control of the servant’s time and behavior. See EMPLOYEE. Cf.
wage, n. (usu. pl.) Payment for labor or services, usu. based on time worked or quantity produced; specif., com-pensation of an employee based on time worked or output of production. • Wages include every form of remu-neration payable for a given period to an individual for personal services, including salaries, commissions, vaca-tion pay, bonuses, and
scutage (skyoo-tij), n. [fr. Latin scutum “a shield”] Hist. 1. A monetary payment levied by the king on barons as a substitute for some or all of the knights to be supplied to the king by each baron. • This payment seems to date from the 12th century, Henry II (1154–1189) having levied five scutages
cotarius (k[schwa]-tair-ee-[schwa]s). [Law Latin] Hist. A socage-tenure serf who holds land by paying rent and providing some personal services to the lord. • Both cotarius and coterellus serfs were also known as cottagers. Cf. COTERELLUS.
edictal citation. Scots & Roman Dutch law. A form of summons to appear in court, treated as having been served by public proclamation when personal service is impossible (as when a defendant is out of Scotland or cannot be found). — Also termed edictal intimation. See substituted service under SERVICE.
serjeanty (sahr-j[schwa]n-tee). Hist. A feudal lay tenure requiring some form of personal service to the king. • The required service was not necessarily military. Many household officers of the Crown, even those as humble as bakers and cooks, held lands in serjeanty. — Also spelled sergeanty. — Also termed sergeantry. grand serjeanty. Hist. Serjeanty requiring