Socmen

Socmen
Socman Soc"man, n.; pl. {Socmen}. [See {Socage}.] (O. Eng. Law) One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager. --Cowell. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • free socmen — Tenants in free socage. See 2 Bl Comm 79 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • sokemans — Socmen, tenants in socage. Britton, because of their freedom from base services, calls them sokemans, and their tenure sokemanries; which he describes to be lands and tenements which are not held by knight service, nor by grand serjeanty, nor… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Braunstone Town — Braunstone is a civil parish and is the largest parish within the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England, now known as the Town of Braunstone or more commonly, Braunstone Town. At 2007 the population is around 15,000. There are around 7,500 …   Wikipedia

  • Socman — Soc man, n.; pl. {Socmen}. [See {Socage}.] (O. Eng. Law) One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager. Cowell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yeoman — is noun used to indicate a variety of positions or social classes. In the 16th century, a yeoman was also a farmer of middling social status who owned his own land and often farmed it himself; an equivalent in Germany is Freibauer ( freehold… …   Wikipedia

  • Anglo-Saxon law — While there is virtually no evidence of Anglo Saxon law per se (i.e. case law and jurisprudence), a significant amount of the literature of law from the Anglo Saxon period still survives. Discussion of Anglo Saxon law must, therefore, be confined …   Wikipedia

  • Cottesmore, Rutland — Signpost in Cottesmore Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • Thurning, Norfolk — Coordinates: 52°49′24″N 1°05′13″E / 52.82337°N 1.08696°E / 52.82337; 1.08696 …   Wikipedia

  • Danelag — Als Danelag (englisch Danelaw, lage oder lagh, Mittelenglisch Denelage, Altenglisch Dena lagu bzw. Dänisch Danelagen, „dänisches Recht“) wird ein Gebiet in England bezeichnet, das zwischen 865 und 878 vom Großen Heer, einer Wikingerarmee, erobert …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Danelaw — Als Danelag (englisch Danelaw, lage oder lagh, Mittelenglisch Denelage, Altenglisch Dena lagu bzw. Dänisch Danelagen, „dänisches Recht“) wird ein Gebiet in England bezeichnet, das zwischen 865 und 878 vom Großen Heer, einer Wikingerarmee, erobert …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”