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Therefore, holden should be held; thus, "The lands are held in free and common soccage."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

The peasant rendered service and soccage to his landlord, because in the olden time the latter had gone into the field for him.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav

They held the mine, the lake, the river, the forest, and the township in free and common soccage.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles

The power of commuting the seigniorial or feudal tenure into free and common soccage was given to the censitaire in transactions with the crown.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles

In Upper Canada the tenures were to be in free and common soccage.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles