soke
Americannoun
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the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
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a district over which local jurisdiction was exercised.
noun
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the right to hold a local court
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the territory under the jurisdiction of a particular court
Etymology
Origin of soke
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-Latin soca < Old English sōcn attack, right of prosecution, jurisdiction ( see soken); akin to sake 1, seek
Example Sentences
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The rights and privileges attaching to his soke and to his official position in time of peace were considerable, to judge from a claim to them put forward by his grandson in the year 1303.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe
To this manor belongs the soke of these lands, viz.:
From The Evolution of an English Town by Gordon Home
Henry VII., while confirming this charter in 1505, granted further that the burgesses should hold their town and soke with all the manors in the soke on payment of a fee farm.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
A "soke," or soca, it may be incidentally observed, was the territory in which was exercised the soca, or the privilege of hearing causes and disputes, levying fines, and administering justice within certain limits.
From The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges by William Ferneley Allen
Our present concern is that they are not simply arranged into the manor of Rothley as usual, but are distinguished as forming the soke of this manor.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
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