| 单词 | statute duty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstatute duty statute duty n. now historical = statute labour n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > forced, statute, or feudal work week-worklOE servicec1300 corvée1340 task-work1582 statute work1683 statute labour1729 statute duty1753 slave labour1820 forced labour1872 1753 Bill for repairing Road from Hand & Post 14 The Inhabitants of the said several Parishes, Hamlets, or Places, being obliged, or liable by Law, to do Statute Duty. 1835 C. Penfold Pract. Treat. Roads 25 in Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III The system of statute-duty naturally induces a larger outlay to take place in horse labour, than would otherwise occur. 1972 W. Albert Turnpike Road Syst. in Eng., 1663–1840 (2006) 166 The Shoreditch-Enfield Trust was authorized to accept £100 a year from the parish of Hackney in lieu of statute duty. < as lemmas |
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