(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) It abounds in such terms as wainage , amercement , socage , novel disseisin , mort d’ancestor and distraint .
Socager
Definition:
(n.) A tennant by socage; a socman.
Example Sentences:
(1) It abounds in such terms as wainage , amercement , socage , novel disseisin , mort d’ancestor and distraint .