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socage
or dz·
[ sok-ij ]
noun
Medieval English Law.
- a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
socage
/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
- English legal history the tenure of land by certain services, esp of an agricultural nature
- English law the freehold tenure of land
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Derived Forms
- ˈdz, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of socage1
C14: from Anglo-French, from soc soke
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Example Sentences
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Not in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage.
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As a classification of tenures the passage would not be complete, of course, since neither the important species of free socage recognised by Domesday nor the ancient demesne tenure appears.
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This, of course, is but socage in effect, for it is no personal service, but a certain rent.
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Burgage, bur′gāj, n. a tenure in socage for a yearly rent: a tenure in Scotland in royal burghs under nominal service of watching.
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It is more correctly described as socage tenure, subject to the custom of gavelkind.
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