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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He had just got to the bit about Raptu Haeredis, which—as of course you know, is a writ for taking away an heir holding in socage.
From The Girl on the Boat by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Free socage is often mentioned in these manors, and it is frequently pleaded in order to get a trial transferred to the Common Law Courts.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
A payment of this kind was exacted sometimes from free men in villainage, and even from socage tenants.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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)
I have noticed several times that123 ancient demesne socage was connected in principle with the condition of things in Saxon times, immediately before the Conquest.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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