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cens
Cdn French, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
in New France and in Lower Canada, a ground rent of feudal nature.
See: cens et rentes
Quotations
1777
It is chargeable with only Cens and Seignorial Rights.
1832
Under this [seigneurial] system estates are held nobly as fiefs, or franc aleu noble; and in villainage, subject to cens or censive, and franc aleu villain.