NATIVUS

nativus (n[schwa]-tI-v[schwa]s), n. [Law Latin] Hist. A person who is born a villein or serf. “Having seen what serfdom means, we may ask how men become serfs. The answer is that almost always the serf is a born serf; nativus and villanus were commonly used as interchangeable terms ….” 1 Frederick Pollock & Frederic W. […]