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free and common socage. — See free socage. * * * … Universalium
free and common socage — noun : free socage … Useful english dictionary
free and common socage. — See free socage … Useful english dictionary
socage — /sowkaj/ A species of tenure, in England, whereby the tenant held certain lands in consideration of certain inferior services of husbandry to be performed by him to the lord of the fee. In its most general and extensive signification, a tenure by … Black's law dictionary
socage — Land tenure by nonmilitary service. See common socage; free socage; guardian in socage; simple socage … Ballentine's law dictionary
Socage Tenure — ♦ The humblest of medieval freehold tenures; the tenant is commonly a free man, an agricultural worker, who owes to his lord money rent or clearly specified agricultural services such as ploughing or harvesting. (Hogue, Arthur R. Origins of the… … Medieval glossary
free socage — noun Etymology: Middle English fre socage (translation of Medieval Latin socagium liberum), from fre free + socage : a free tenure of land held by services of an honorable but not spiritual, military, or serviential nature called also free and… … Useful english dictionary
free socage — Medieval Hist. land held by a tenant who rendered certain honorable and nonservile duties to his lord. Also called free and common socage. Cf. villein socage. * * * … Universalium
Free socage — Free Free (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. {Freer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Freest} ( [e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[ o], fr[=i]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
commune socagium — Common socage. Same as free socage … Ballentine's law dictionary
