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socages

socages is the plural of socage.

Meaning of socage

Noun

socage (countable and uncountable, plural socages)

  1. (historical) 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.
    • […] this quiz with all the strange old terms in it, curtilage and messuage and socage and fee simple and fee tail and feoffee and copyhold and customary freehold and mortmain and devises and lex loci rei sitae.1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest

Questions about socages

What is socages the plural of?
Socages is the plural of socage.

Words near socages in the dictionary

  1. soca
  2. Soca Warriors
  3. socage
  4. socager
  5. socagers
  6. socages
  7. Socal
  8. socalled
  9. socan and sacan
  10. Socarras
  11. Socarrases

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