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villein socage

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noun

Medieval History.

  1. land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.

Etymology

Origin of villein socage

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

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Not in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage.

From Project Gutenberg

His right to the land, in fact, was not freehold, but tenure by villein socage.

From Project Gutenberg

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