GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Soc (sŏk), n. [AS. sōc the power of holding court, sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or seeking; akin to E. sake, seek. Sake, Seek, and cf. Sac, and Soke.] [Written also sock, and soke.]
1. (O. Eng. Law) (a) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction. (b) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
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2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. [Eng.]
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Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship.
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Soke (?), n.
1. (Eng. Law) See Soc.
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2. One of the small territorial divisions into which Lincolnshire, England, is divided.
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