Definition of socage
English to English noun - land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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 socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent.
source: Webster 1913
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socage, scag, soakage, sackage, suage, swage, souce, sowce, showcase, sacagawea, sewage, sag, soe, soc, swaggie, sockeye, shog, sosa, scye, skag
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