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(O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain services which, though honorable, were not military. See also: Free. How to thank TFD for its existence?
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soc·age (s k j, s k j). n. Feudal tenure of land by a tenant in return for agricultural or other nonmilitary services or for payment of rent in money.
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Above all, the owner of the soil could still hold his head high as the veritable Socman of Minstead--that is, as holding the land in free socage, with no feudal superior, and answerable to no man lower than the king.
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Socage was one of the feudal duties and hence land tenure forms in the feudal system. A farmer, for example, held the land in exchange for a clearly-defined...
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Note: Socage is of two kinds; free socage, where the services are not only certain, but honorable; and villein socage, where the services, though certain,
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Where the services were considered honorable it was called free socage and where the services were of a baser nature it was called villein socage. By the statute 12 Char. II, c. 24, most all tenures by knight-servants were converted into free and common socage.
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Medieval History. land held by a tenant who rendered certain honorable and nonservile duties to his lord. Also called free and common socage.
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