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Tenure by socage.

SOCAGER
A tennant by socage; a socman.
SOCAGE
A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty
TENURE
The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior. Note: Tenure is inseparable from the idea of property in land, according to the theory of the English law; and this idea of tenure pervades, to a considerable extent, the law of real property
NONTENURE
A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.