Socage, Socagium

Concept of “Socage, Socagium”

Traditional meaning of socage, socagium in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Tenure by certain service, not military; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 80. Free and common socage: the general, and in modern times almost universal, tenure of English land; by free services, not military, as rents (farm produce or money) ; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 79. Villein socage: tenure by base, but certain, services; see TENURE.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Socage, Socagium”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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