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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, fixed payment to be made at specified int...
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The concept of socage has evolved considerably since the Norman Conquest. In essence, it was a land-use system where a socman, sokeman or socager held his land from the King subject to a periodic duty to the King, such as military service, payment of money or provision of some service or goods.
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Free socage - Definition of Free socage at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Free socage. Look it up now! ... Use free socage in a Sentence...
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Villein-socage - Definition of Villein-socage at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Villein-socage. Look it up now! ... Use villein-socage in a Sentence...
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Noun: socage só-kij. Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service. Derived forms: socages. Type of: service ...
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By far the most important and at the present day practically the only remaining form of tenure in fee simple is socage or lay tenure. At the present day a tenant in fee simple usually holds his land ... ... There were other forms of socage or lay tenure, but only two of these (of any importance) survive at the present clay.
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Socage \Soc ... Socage \Soc"age\, n.[From Soc; cf. LL. socagium.] (O.Eng. Law) 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.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about socage. socage. Information about socage in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... 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...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Socage tenure. Socage tenure. Information about Socage tenure in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... (redirected from Socage tenure)
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Socage is a type of tenure whereby lands are held in consideration of certain services of husbandry (farming) performed for a superior, such as the lord of the manor. Free and common is the highest form of socage, being a tenure that is both certain and honorable.
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