Socage


noun, Medieval English Law.
1.
a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
noun
1.
(English legal history) the tenure of land by certain services, esp of an agricultural nature
2.
(English law) the freehold tenure of land

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