Glebae Adscript i

in the Roman empire, from the 4th century onward, the cultivators of the soil, who, though personally free, were inseparably attached to the land they cultivated. They paid a fixed rent in kind to the owner of the domain, and, when he retained any land in his own hands, they were generally under the obligation to render him free a determinate amount of labor to till it. If the land was sold, they still remained attached to it. The Helots of Sparta were also glebe adscript i. The serfs of Ru ia and peons of Mexico held a similar position.: Glebe, in the established Churches of England and Scotland, the land po e ed as part of the revenue of an ecclesiastical benefice, as! along with a dwelling house. In Scotland, where lands are arable, the glebe must consist of four acres at least. The glebe must be taken as near the manse as po ible.