burgage

American  

[bur-gij] / ˈbɜr gɪdʒ /

noun

Law.

1. (in England) a tenure whereby burgesses or townspeople held lands or tenements of the king or other lord, usually for a fixed money rent.

2. (in Scotland) tenure directly from the crown of property in royal burghs in return for the service of watching and warding.

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burgage British  

/ ˈbɜːɡɪdʒ /

noun

1. (in England) tenure of land or tenement in a town or city, which originally involved a fixed money rent

2. (in Scotland) the tenure of land direct from the crown in Scottish royal burghs in return for watching and warding

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonburgage
  noun

Etymology

Origin of burgage

1250–1300; Middle English borgage < Anglo-French borgage, burgage or Anglo-Latin burgāgium; see burgh, -age