burgagen.
/ˈbəːɡɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈbərɡɪdʒ/ Law.† 2. A freehold property in a borough; also, a house or other property held by burgage tenure.
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a. A tenure whereby lands or tenements in cities and towns were held of the king or other lord, for a certain yearly rent.In Scotland, that tenure by which the property in royal burghs is held under the crown, proprietors being liable to the (nominal) service of watching and warding; or, as it is commonly termed, ‘service of burgh, used and wont’.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > freehold > tenure from Crown > burgage-tenure
burgagec1503
burgage-tenure1523
burgage-holding1754
c1503 tr. Magna Carta in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxiijv/1 Yf ani holde of vs bi fee ferme or bi socage or burgage.
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 21 Burgage is where the tenants of an auncient borough, do hold lands within the Borough of the King or some other person.
1677 W. Badcock Touch-stone Gold & Silver Wares 71 The said Tenements and Rents be held of Us in Free Burgage.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 82 Tenure in burgage is..where the king or other person is lord of an antient borough, in which the tenements are held by a rent certain.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 94 The more ancient [boroughs] hold their lands in burgage.
b. elliptical. = in burgage.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [adverb] > in burgage
burgage1868
1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria ci. §102 (Referring to Scotland) Seised in any lands held burgage.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > held by burgage
burgage1362
burgh-lands?1507
burgage-land1586
burgage-house1710
borough1715
burgage-tenement1828
1292 Britton iii. ii. §10 Bourgage est tenement de cité ou de bourg, ou de autre lu privilegie par nous.]
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 77 Þei timbrede not so hye, Ne bouȝte none Borgages.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 92 Alexander B. of Lichfeild gave..certaine Free Burgages in the Towne for to sett this House on.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 121 Gif ane bond man of ane Earle..comes to ane burgh, and buyes to himselfe, ane burgage, and dwelles in that burgage ane zeare.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xiii. 384 The right [to the elective franchise] sprung from the tenure of certain freehold lands or burgages within the borough.
Compounds
General attributive.
burgage aristocracy n.
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1835 Blackwood's Mag. 35 975 A check to the abuses of the burgage aristocracy.
burgage-holder n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by burgage
borough-man1708
borough-holder1712
burgage-holder1748
burgage-tenant1819
1748 London Mag. 32 The two Representatives [of Aldborough, Suffolk] are chosen by the Majority of the Burgage-holders.
burgage-holding n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > freehold > tenure from Crown > burgage-tenure
burgagec1503
burgage-tenure1523
burgage-holding1754
1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. iv. 140 Burgage-holding is that by which borrows royal hold of the sovereign.
burgage-house n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > held by burgage
burgage1362
burgh-lands?1507
burgage-land1586
burgage-house1710
borough1715
burgage-tenement1828
1710 London Gaz. No. 4700/4 Two Burgage Houses or Tenements.
burgage-land n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > held by burgage
burgage1362
burgh-lands?1507
burgage-land1586
burgage-house1710
borough1715
burgage-tenement1828
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 107 If he were possessed..of burgage lands.
burgage-tenant n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by burgage
borough-man1708
borough-holder1712
burgage-holder1748
burgage-tenant1819
1819 J. Mackintosh Parl. Suffrage in Wks. (1846) III. 213 In the reign of Edward the First..the members..for cities and towns [were chosen] by freemen, burgage tenants, householders or freeholders.
1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. i. 39 An important class of socage tenants..who held lands of lords by this tenure in towns..had obtained the distinctive name of burgage tenants.
burgage-tenement n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > held by burgage
burgage1362
burgh-lands?1507
burgage-land1586
burgage-house1710
borough1715
burgage-tenement1828
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 321 I will change..thy burgage tenement for an hundred-pound-land to maintain thy rank withal.
burgage-tenure n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > freehold > tenure from Crown > burgage-tenure
burgagec1503
burgage-tenure1523
burgage-holding1754
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 12 Dyuers tenures..as..escuage, socage..burgage, tenures.
1811 Risdon's Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) Addit. 402 The borough..is held..in burgage tenure.
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