English dictionary
socage
/'s/A/k/I//dZ/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>socage</i>, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent.
Source: webster1913