socage
Americannoun
noun
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English legal history the tenure of land by certain services, esp of an agricultural nature
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English law the freehold tenure of land
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of socage
1275–1325; Middle English sokage < Anglo-French socage, equivalent to soc soke + -age -age
Example Sentences
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The king shall not claim the wardship of any minor who holds lands by military tenure of a baron, on pretence that he also holds lands of the crown by socage or any other tenure.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
They were thus brought dangerously near to ancient demesne socage, which was originally nothing but base customary tenure.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
It is more correctly described as socage tenure, subject to the custom of gavelkind.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
This Act provided that all lands should “be held in free and common socage according to the tenure of East Greenwich in England.”
From Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) by Hurlbert, William Henry
As they claim as joint-heirs or parceners, the land must have been subject to partibility, and therefore of socage tenure.
From Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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