DCHP-1 Online
cens Cdn French, Obs. 
n. in New France and in Lower Canada, a ground rent of feudal nature.
See also: cens et rentes
- 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.
- 1777 It is chargeable with only Cens and Seignorial Rights.