censive

So the Canadian peasant, a feudal tenant _en censive_ or _en roture_, yet wished not to be called _censitaire_ or _roturier_, names which he thought degrading; he preferred to be called a habitant, an inhabitant of the country, a free man, not a vassal.

A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 George M. Wrong

They stumbled readily into the error that tenure en censive was simply the old English tenure in copyhold under another name.

The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916

He was expected to have his seigneury surveyed into farms, or en censive holdings, and to procure, as quickly as might be, settlers for these farms.

The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916

The result was that all lands previously held en fief, en arriere fief, en censive, or en roture, under the old French system, were henceforth placed on the footing of lands in the other provinces, that is to say, free and common socage.

Lord Elgin Bourinot, John G 1903

The whole success of the seigniorial system, as a means of settling the country, depended on the extent to which the seigniors were able to grant their lands en censive or en roture.

Lord Elgin Bourinot, John G 1903

The grantee en roture was governed by the same rules as the one en censive except with respect to the descent of lands in cases of intestacy.

Lord Elgin Bourinot, John G 1903

The grantee _en roture_ was governed by the same rules as the one _en censive_ except with respect to the descent of lands in cases of intestacy.

Lord Elgin John George Bourinot 1869

The whole success of the seigniorial system, as a means of settling the country, depended on the extent to which the seigniors were able to grant their lands _en censive_ or _en roture_.

Lord Elgin John George Bourinot 1869

The result was that all lands previously held _en fief, en arrière fief, en censive_, or _en roture_, under the old French system, were henceforth placed on the footing of lands in the other provinces, that is to say, free and common socage.

Lord Elgin John George Bourinot 1869

This is a terre censive, and his bailiffs collect his dues from all who send their beasts to graze here. "

Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini 1912