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Socage

Noun:

1. A medieval English system of land tenure in which land was held in exchange for providing certain agricultural services or payments.

Example sentence: The tenants under socage were required to pay rent in the form of labor or produce.

Noun:

2. In law, a tenure of land held by tenants in return for specified agricultural or manual services to the lord.

Example sentence: Socage was a common form of land tenure during the feudal era in England.

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