- Ex donationibus autem feoda militaria vel magnum serjeantium non continentibus oriter nobis quoddam nomen generale, quod est socagium
- From grants containing neither military fees nor grand serjeanty, a certain general name has sprung up among us which is "socage." See 2 Bl Comm 79.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.