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Definition of Soccage
1. socage [n -S] - See also: socage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soccage
Literary usage of Soccage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"service to be rendered to the lord of the manor, soccage, ... compulsory furnishing
of waggons and horses ; — gelt, n. money paid in lieu of soccage-service ..."
2. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the by George Hill (1877)
"The tenure known as soccage —from Sac, the French word for the coulter or share of a
... But soccage is now considered the most desirable tenure, ..."
3. Epitome of the Law of Landed Property: With a Description of the Several by Manasseh Dawes (1818)
"Free soccage, like knight service, is held on fedal returns, which imply, in
fiction, an original grant from the lord paramount; excepting relief, wardship, ..."
4. Chemical Technology; Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to the Arts and by Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Henry Watts, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1863)
"The soccage.—During this time the surface is covered here and there with ...
The process, however, or the temperature of the soccage, is not entirely at the ..."
5. History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge by Thomas Baker (1869)
"Enquired for lands in common soccage tenure for the foundation of 3 ...
College cannot take assurance of lands held in any other tenure than soccage. ..."
6. The Provincial Justice, Or, Magistrate's Manual: Being a Complete Digest of by William Conway Keele (1835)
"... administering the government of the snid province, setting he, slie, or they,
is or are desirous of holding the same ir common soccage, such governor, ..."
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