socage
noun
a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
soccage
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a variation of
socage.
Example Sentences
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Therefore, holden should be held; thus, "The lands are held in free and common soccage."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
It was granted in free and common soccage, to the late Charles Grey Stewart, Esq., in 18—; he resided there many years.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Sir J. M. (James MacPherson) Le Moine
In Upper Canada, the settlers being chiefly British, the tenures were to be soccage tenures.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson
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 soccage or any other tenure.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John by David Hume
The king shall not claim the wardship of any minor who hold lands by military tenure of a baron, on pretence that he also holds lands of the crown by soccage or any other tenure.
From The History of England, Volume I by David Hume
