Dominion acquired by conquest, or victory in war, is that which some writers call “despotical,” from Δεσπότης , which signifieth a “lord,” or “master”; and is the dominion of the master over his servant. And this dominion is then acquired to the victor, when the vanquished, to avoid the present stroke of death, covenanteth either in express words, or by other sufficient signs of the will, that so long as his life and the liberty of his body is allowed him, the victor shall have the use thereof, at his pleasure. And after such covenant made, the vanquished is a “servant,” and not before: for by the word “servant,” whether it be derived from servire , to serve, or from servare