villein socage

noun

, Medieval History.

1. land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of villein socage¹

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

Not in free and common socage, but in this amphibious subordinate class of villein socage.

From Project Gutenberg

His right to the land, in fact, was not freehold, but tenure by villein socage.

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