free socage
Americannoun
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As a classification of tenures the passage would not be complete, of course, since neither the important species of free socage recognised by Domesday nor the ancient demesne tenure appears.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Lands in New-Brunswick are held in fee simple or free socage.
From History of New Brunswick by Fisher, Peter
Servitude shall cease, and free socage shall replace villeinage.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
It was granted to Lord Baltimore to hold in free socage and was named after Charles wife, who was Catholic.
From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.
It empowered persons possessed of land in free socage to give or devise same for the maintenance of the poor.
From Landholding in England by Fisher, Joseph, the younger, of Youghal
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