(UK, _, law, historical) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
(UK, _, law, historical) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, historical) A form of land tenure in return for religious duty or service.
(UK, legal, obsolete) The land held by a bordar.
(historical) In feudalism, the legal interest or rights of a lord or superior in an estate in land held in fee, as opposed to the vassal's or tenant's interest.
(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England) A tract of arable land lying outside a common field.
(UK, legal, obsolete) One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.