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Villenous judgment [villanum judicium, Lat.], a judgment which deprived one of his libera lex, whereby he was discredited and disabled as a juror or witness; forfeited his goods and chattels, and lands for life; wasted the lands, razed the houses, rooted up the trees, and committed his body to prison. It has long become obsolete, 4 Bl. Com. 136; 4 Steph. Com.; and 4 Br. & Had. Com. 153.