Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

soke

soke

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Soc  \Soc\  (s[o^]k),  n.  [AS.  s[=o]c  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. 
 
  2.  An  exclusive  privilege  formerly  claimed  by  millers  of 
  grinding  all  the  corn  used  within  the  manor  or  township 
  which  the  mill  stands.  [Eng.] 
 
  {Soc  and  sac}  (O.  Eng.  Law),  the  full  right  of  administering 
  justice  in  a  manor  or  lordship. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Soke  \Soke\,  n. 
  1.  (Eng.  Law)  See  {Soc}.