sokemanries

sokemanries
/so(w)kmanriyz/ Lands and tenements which were not held by knight-service, nor by grand serjeanty, nor by petit, but by simple services; being, as it were, lands enfranchised by the king or his predecessors from their ancient demesne. Their tenants were sokemans

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • sokemanries — See sokemans …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • sokemanry — /sohk meuhn ree/, n., pl. sokemanries. 1. tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else. 2. sokemen. [1250 1300; ME < AF sokemanerie, equiv. to sokeman SOKEMAN + erie RY] * * * …   Universalium

  • 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

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