Legal Definitions - boon

Definition: Boon refers to unpaid services that were required by tenants as a condition of their tenancy. These services could be in the form of labor or goods, and were not fixed in terms of amount or time.

• A tenant might be required to provide a certain amount of labor each week on the landowner's farm.
• Another tenant might be required to provide a certain amount of crops or livestock to the landowner each year.

These examples illustrate how tenants were required to provide services or goods to their landowners without receiving payment in return. This was a common practice in feudal societies, where landowners held significant power over their tenants.