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socman
[ sok-muhn, sohk- ]
socman
/ ˈsəʊk-; ˈsɒkmən; ˈsəʊkmən /
noun
- English history a tenant holding land by socage
Word History and Origins
Origin of socman1
Example Sentences
Was John de Boneya a socman bound to attend personally, or a hundredor, a hereditary representative of the village of Stocke?
It is chiefly important because it discloses a traditional element in the formation of the socman's tenure.
The same traditional element appears in other cases in which the special position of the socman is not concerned.
The deviation must probably be accounted for by the fact that the castle of Kenilworth was Royal demesne and had been given to Edmund, the brother of King Edward I; the peculiar condition described was certainly a species of customary freehold or socman's tenure.
The suitors of the court in their collective capacity come very characteristically to the front in the admittance of the socman, and it is on their communal testimony that the whole transaction has to rest.
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