Socage Definition

sŏkĭj, sōkĭj
noun
A medieval English system of land tenure in which a tenant held land in return for a fixed payment or for certain stated nonmilitary services to his lord.
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Origin of Socage

  • From Middle English sokage, from Anglo-Norman socage from soc (“soke") +"Ž -age. More at soke, -age.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English sokage from soke soke soke

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Socage Sentence Examples

  • The condition of the serfs was subsequently (1520) still further deteriorated by the introduction of socage.

  • It is curious that while in England the burgage-tenure was deemed a species of socage, to distinguish it from the military holdings, in Scotland it was strictly a military holding, by the service of watching and warding for the defence of the burgh.

  • Certainty and legal protection were so essential that even villain holdings were treated as villain socage when legal protection was obtainable for it, as was actually the case with the peasants on Ancient demesne who could sue their lords by the little writ of right and the Monstraverunt.

  • Minors inheriting socage come under the guardianship not of the lord but of the nearest male relative not entitled to succession.

  • An heiress in socage was free to contract marriage without the interference of the lord.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOC

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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Words Starting With S and Ending With E

Starts With S & Ends With EStarts With SO & Ends With EStarts With S & Ends With GE

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With E