‖n. [ F. corvée, fr. LL. corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat together; cor- + rogare to ask. ] (Feudal Law) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign. [ 1913 Webster ]
[せいてい;しょうてい, seitei ; shoutei](n) under the ritsuryo system, a man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes[Add to Longdo]