Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

urban servitude

A servitude appertaining to the building and construction of houses in a city, such as the right to light and air. 2. The condition of being a servant or slave <under the 15th Amendment, an American citizen's right to vote cannot be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude>. 3. The condition of a prisoner who has been sentenced to forced labor <penal servitude>.