2. Obligation; tie of duty.

He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought under the bondage of onserving oaths.

South.

3. (Old Eng. Law) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.

Syn. -- Thralldom; bond service; imprisonment.

Bond"a*ger (&?;), n. A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field. [Scot.]

||Bon"dar (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A small quadruped of Bengal (Paradoxurus bondar), allied to the genet; -- called also musk cat.

Bond"ed (&?;), a. Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to certain regulations.

Bonded goods, goods placed in a bonded warehouse; goods, for the duties on which bonds are given at the customhouse. -- Bonded warehouse, a warehouse in which goods on which the duties are unpaid are stored under bond and in the joint custody of the importer, or his agent, and the customs officers.

Bond"er (&?;), n. 1. One who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse.

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