The state or condition of a peon as above defined; a condition of en* forced servitude, hy which the servitor is restrained of hls liberty and compelled to labor in liquidation of some debt or obliga-tlou, real or pretended, against his will. Peouage Cases (D. C.) 123 Fed. 671; In re Lewis (C. C.) 114 Fed. 963; U. S. v. McClellan (D. C.) 127 Fed. 971; Rev. St. U. S. S 5526 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3715
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
