Burgage
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BURGAGE, English law. A species of tenure in socage; it is where the king or other person is lord of an ancient borough, in which the tenements are held by a rent certain. 2 B1. Com. 82.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.