the tenure of land by certain services, esp of an agricultural nature
2. English law
the freehold tenure of land
Derived forms
socager (ˈsocager)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Anglo-French, from socsoke
socage in American English
(ˈsɑkɪdʒ)
noun
a medieval English system of land tenure in which a tenant held land in return for a fixed payment or for certain stated nonmilitary services to his lord