ADSCRIPTUS GLEBAE

adscriptus glebae (ad-skrip-tuus glee-bee). [Latin “(a tenant) tied to the soil”] Roman law. A tenant or serf bound to the land. • If the land was conveyed, the serfs were conveyed along with it, but in other respects they were free citizens. — Also termed glebae ascriptitius. Pl. adscripti glebae.