🔤 Burgage ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
shehri zameen ki milkiyat, burgage tenure, purana zamindari nizam, town land holding
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ENGLISH
📚noun
burgage
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈbɜːrɡɪdʒ/
Phonetic: /bur gij/
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DEFINITION
a medieval system of holding land in a town in return for rent or services to a lord
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
The burgage records reveal how medieval towns collected rent from shopkeepers.
His family held the burgage for generations before selling it to a merchant.
The charter defined the duties attached to each burgage within the town walls.
Historians studied burgage tenure to understand property rights in medieval England.
The old map marked every burgage plot along the main market street.
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SYNONYMS
land tenure property holding
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