Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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socman

Hist. A person who holds land by socage tenure. - Also spelled sokeman; sockman. - Also termed socager; gainor. See SOCAGE.

socmanry

Hist. 1. Free tenure by socage. 2. Land and tenements held only by simple services; land enfranchised by the sovereign from ancient demesne. ( The tenants were socmen. 3. The state of being a socman.