per quod servitium amisit

/par kwod sarvish(iy)am amayzat/

In old pleading, whereby he lost the service [of his servant]. A phrase used in the old declarations in actions of trespass by a master, for beating or ill using his servant, descriptive of the special damage he had himself sustained. This action was commonly brought by the father for the seduction of his daughter, in which case very slight evidence of the relation of master and servant was necessary; but still some loss of service, or some expense, had to be shown