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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Burgage \Burg"age\, n. [From Burg: cf. F. bourgage, LL. burgagium.] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

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.