socage

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun In the Middle Ages (and chiefly but not exclusively medieval England), a legal system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord.

Similar words

villein tenure burgage socmanry sokemanry soke landgable sursize tallage seigneurage

Often followed by

tenure and lands tenures tenants in or was of

Word family

socager socagers socages soccage soccages