Definitions for soccage
soccage

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Soccagenoun

   In law, is a tenure of lands for certain inferiour or husbandly services to be performed to the lord of the fee. All services due for land being knight’s service, or soccage; so that whatever is not knight’s service, is soccage. This soccage is of three kinds; a soccage of free tenure, where a man holdeth by free service of twelve pence a year for all manner of services. Soccage of ancient tenure is of land of ancient demesne, where no writ original shall be sued, but the writ secundum confeutudinem manerii. Soccage of base tenure is where those that hold it may have none other writ but the monstraverunt; and such sockmen hold not by certain service. John Cowell

   Etymology: soc, French, a ploughshare; soccagium, barbarous Latin.

   The lands are not holden at all of her majesty, or not holden in chief, but by a mean tenure in soccage, or by knight’s service. Francis Bacon.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. soccage

   Socage () was one of the feudal duties and land tenure forms in the English feudal system. It eventually evolved into the freehold tenure called "free and common socage", which did not involve feudal duties. Farmers held land in exchange for clearly defined, fixed payments made at specified intervals to feudal lords. The lord was therefore obligated to provide certain services, such as protection, to the farmer and other duties to the Crown. Payments usually took the form of cash, but occasionally could be made with goods. Socage contrasted with other forms of tenure, including serjeanty, frankalmoin and knight-service. The English statute Quia Emptores of Edward I (1290) established that socage tenure passed from one generation or nominee to the next would be subject to inquisitions post mortem, which would usually involve a feudal relief tax. This contrasts with the treatment of leases, which could be lifelong or readily subject to forfeiture and rent increase. As feudalism declined, the prevalence of socage tenure increased until it became the normal form of tenure in the Kingdom of England. In 1660, the Statute of Tenures ended the practice of estates requiring owners to provide military or religious service, and most freehold tenures and other were converted into "free and common socage". The holder of a soc or socage tenure was referred to as a socager (Anglo-Norman) or Socman (Anglo-Saxon, also spelt sochman, from the legal concept of a soke, from the verb 'to seek'). In German-speaking Europe, the broad equivalent was a Dienstmann. The etymology of socage according to William Blackstone is the old Latin word for a plough.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of soccage in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of soccage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=soccage
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccage