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 old charters of the original States creating tenures in free and common socage are, of course, obsolete.
From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup
In the Stoneleigh Register the peculiar nature of socage in ancient demesne is described fully and clearly.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Burgage, bur′gāj, n. a tenure in socage for a yearly rent: a tenure in Scotland in royal burghs under nominal service of watching.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
So it stands in our old records, In the statutes of our union: Nothing there of rent and socage, Nothing of a bondman's service!
From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
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