soccage
- a variation of socage.
Example Sentences
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In Upper Canada the tenures were to be in free and common soccage.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles
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 Hume, David
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 Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
These soccage days were arbitrarily divided into half or even quarter days, and thereby the hindrance to the countryman and the disorder to his own farm were considerably increased.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
They held the mine, the lake, the river, the forest, and the township in free and common soccage.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles
