In bond

IN BOND - A term applied to the status of merchandise admitted provisionally to a country without payment of duties -- either for storage in a bonded warehouse or for trans-shipment to another point, where duties will eventually by imposed.

Bond (in bond):
Stored under charge of customs until importer pays duty.

replevin bond A bond executed to indemnify the officer who executes a writ of replevin, and to indemnify the defendant or person from whose custody the property was taken, for such damages as he may sustain.

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And older than all civilization is the necessity for the greater part of mankind to labour for maintenance, whether freely or in bonds, whether for themselves and their families or for the requirements or superfluities of others.

He also had power over those in bondage through mancipatio (i.e., adopted sons and wives). Persons in his power were subject to his control in many matters, including life or death and marriage.

Legum denique idcirco omnes servi sumus, ut liberi esse possimus: We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free; and
Silent enim leges inter arma: The laws are silent amidst the clash of arms.
Also, from Tao of Politics: ...

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