Corvée

Form of intermittent, unpaid, unfree labour

Corvée (French: [kɔʁve]) is a form of unpaid forced labour that is intermittent in nature, lasting for limited periods of time, typically only a certain number of days' work each year. Statute labour is a corvée imposed by a state for the purposes of public works. As such it represents a form of levy (taxation).

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