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soc·age (s

j, s

Feudal tenure of land by a tenant in return for agricultural or other nonmilitary services or for payment of rent in money.

[Middle English sokage, from soke, soke; see soke.]

socag·er n.

socage [ˈsɒkɪdʒ]

1. (Law) English legal history the tenure of land by certain services, esp of an agricultural nature

2. (Law) English law the freehold tenure of land

[from Anglo-French, from soc soke]

socager n

socage

burgage.

See also: Property and Ownership

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Noun

socage - land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service

service - (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

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