Peonage in United States
Peonage Definition
The holding of any person to service or labor against his will. Prohibited by U. S. Rev. St. § 1990.
Peonage in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Peonage | Peonage in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Peonage | Peonage in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Peonage | Peonage in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| Peonage in the Dictionaries | Peonage in our legal dictionaries |
| http://lawi.us/peonage | The URI of Peonage (more about URIs) |
| Peonage related entries | Find related entries of Peonage |
Legal Issue for Attorneys
The holding of any person to service or labor against his will. Prohibited by U. S. Rev. St. § 1990.
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This definition of Peonage Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This definition needs to be proofread..
Peonage
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled PEONAGEPeonage is a system of debt bondage, in which a laborer is bound to personal service in order to work off an obligation to pay money. The system originated in the newly independent countries of Spanish America early in the nineteenth century, and in Hawaii and the Philippines later, as a
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