burgage

burgage englanniksi

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.

2. (quote-book)

3. Land held under a feudal ruler (gloss)

4. The tenure that such land is held under; (l).

5. A fortified town entitled to certain rights; a borough.