_Terrage or Champart.--Agrier.--Tasque._--These dues consisted of a certain portion of the produce, which the lord of the manor levied upon lands subject to the _cens_. The amount varied according to the contracts or the customs of the place. This right is frequently to be met with in the eighteenth century. I believe that the _terrage_, even in _pays coutumier_, could only be claimed under express deed. The _terrage_ was either _seigneurial_ or _foncier_. It is not necessary to explain here the distinctions which existed between these two different kinds. Suffice it to say that the _terrage foncier_ was fixed for thirty years, like the _rentes foncières_, whilst the _terrage seigneurial_ was irredeemable. Lands subject to _terrage_ could not be mortgaged without the consent of the lord of the manor. _Bordelage._--A right which only existed in the Nivernais and Bourbonnais countries, and which consisted in an annual quit-rent, paid in money, corn, and fowls, upon lands subject to the _cens_. This right entailed very rigorous consequences: non-payment of the dues during three years gave cause for the exercise of the _commise_ or entry to the advantage of the lord of the manor. A tenant owing the _bordelage_ was more open than any other to a variety of annoyances on his property. Sometimes the lord of the manor possessed the right of claiming his inheritance, even when he died having heirs who had legal rights to the succession. This was the most rigorous of any of the feudal rights; and the law had finally restricted it only to rural inheritances. ‘For,’ as our author says, ‘the peasant is always the mule ready to bear every burden.’ _Marciage_ was the name of peculiar dues levied upon the possessors of land, subject to the _cens_, in very few places, and consisting in certain payments due only upon the natural death of the lord of the manor. _Dîmes Inféodées._--There still existed in the eighteenth century a great number of tithes in fief. They were generally established by separate contract, and did not result from the mere fact of the lordship of the manor. _Parcière._--The _parcières_ were dues levied upon the crops of fruit gathered on the manor-lands. They bore resemblance to the _champart_ and the _dîme inféodée_, and were principally in usage in the Bourbonnais and Auvergne countries. _Carpot._--This was observed in the Bourbonnais country, and was a due levied upon the vineyards, as the _champart_ was upon arable lands, that is to say, it was levied upon a portion of the crops. It amounted to a quarter of the vintage. _Servage._--The customs that still possessed traces of serfdom were called _coutumes serves_; they were very few in number. In the provinces where they were still observed there were no estates, or at least very few, where some traces of ancient serfdom were not visible. [This remark is derived from a work written in 1765.] The _Servage_ (or, as the author terms it, the _Servitude_) was either personal or real.