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Definition of Socage
1. Noun. Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service.
Generic synonyms: Service
Definition of Socage
1. n. A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent.
Definition of Socage
1. a form of feudal land tenure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Socage
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