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noun
A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, historical
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A district under a particular jurisdiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, historical
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History
From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh2g- (“to track”). Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.
