'Roture' definitions:
Definition of 'Roture'
From: GCIDE
- Roture \Ro`ture\, n. [F.]
- 1. The condition of being a roturier. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (Fr. & Canadian Law) A feudal tenure of lands by one who has no privileges of nobility, but is permitted to discharge all his obligations to his feudal lord or superior by a payment of rent in money or kind and without rendering any personal services. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]