| William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...every other species of tenure. And to this we are next to proceed. II. SOCAGE, in its most general and extensive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain and determinate service. And in this sense it is by our ancient writers constantly put in opposition to chivalry, or knight-service?... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...tenure, then well known and subsisting, called free and common socage. Socage, in its most general ano extensive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain and determinate service. And in this sense it a by our ancient writers constantly put in opposition to chivalry, or knight-service,... | |
| sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...species of [ 79 ] tenure. And to this we are next to proceed. II. SOCAGE, in it's most general and extensive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain and determinate service. And in this sense it is by our antient writers constantly put in opposition to chivalry, or knight-service,... | |
| Sir John Comyns - Law - 1825 - 1026 pages
...(s) where a man holds lands by fealty and rent, _ : : . . 1^ (r) I. Socage, in its most general and extensive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain and determinate service- 2 Com. 79. — 2. And, in tilia sense, it is by our ancient writers constantly put m opposition to... | |
| Moses Maimonides, James Townley - Commandments (Judaism) - 1827 - 474 pages
...inheritance of all the sons ; and except in some particular * SOCAGE or SOCCAGE, in its most general and extensive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain and determinate service ; and in this sense it is by our ancient writers constantly put in opposition to chivalry, or knight-service,... | |
| Moses Maimonides, James Townley - Commandments (Judaism) - 1827 - 464 pages
...inheritance of all the sons ; and except in some particular • SOCAGE or SOCCAOE, in its most general and extensive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain and determinate service ; and in this sense it is by our ancient writers constantly put in opposition to chivalry, or knight-service,... | |
| Parliament commons, proc, Robert Shank Atcheson - Contested elections - 1831 - 338 pages
...tenure in common socago." Blackslone thus defines tenure in socage: " Socage, in its most general and extensive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain and determinate service; and in this sense it is by our ancient writers constantly put in opposition to chivalry or knight service,... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1832 - 622 pages
...imparts to the feeling. (See Steatite.) SOBIESKI, John. (See Juli n Sobieski.) SOCAGE, or SOCCAGE, in its most extensive signification, seems to denote...socage, where the services are not only certain but honorable, and villein socage, where the services, though certain, are of a baser nature. SOCCATOO... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...feeling. (See ¿steatite.) SOBIESKI, John. (See John Sobieski.) SOCAGE, or SOCCAGE, in its most exteusive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain...socage, where the services are not only certain but honorable, and villein socage, where the services, though certain, are of a baser nature. SOCCATOO... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 624 pages
...it imparts to the feeling. (See Steatite.) SOBIESKI, Johu. (See John Sebicski.) SOCAGE, or SOCCAGE, in its most extensive signification, seems to denote...socage, where the services are not only certain but honorable, and villein socage, where the services, though certain, are of a baser nature. SOCCATOO... | |
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