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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Their demands quickly increased; soon they required, not only exemption from tenths and soccage service, but also the reimbursement of fines that had been paid.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
The draw-bridges are romantic to a degree; and there is a dungeon, that gives one a delightful idea of living in the days of soccage and under such goodly tenures.
From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
Therefore, holden should be held; thus, "The lands are held in free and common soccage."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
The only feature of our own leases, in the least approaching "villian soccage," is that of the "day's works."
From The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
The power of commuting the seigniorial or feudal tenure into free and common soccage was given to the censitaire in transactions with the crown.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
