Burgage

//ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding. countable, historical, uncountable

    "If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to defend by battle, in no case ought a burgess to fight against a villein if he have challenged him unless before the dispute he shall have quitted the burgage."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English burgage, from Old French bourgage and Medieval Latin burgāgium; equivalent to burg + -age.

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