soke

American  

[sohk] / soʊk /

noun

Early English Law.

1. the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.

2. a district over which local jurisdiction was exercised.

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soke British  

/ səʊk /

noun

1. the right to hold a local court

2. the territory under the jurisdiction of a particular court

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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

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Example Sentences

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soke

The term was also applied to a district or "soke," possessed of independent franchises, as in the case of the Portsoken Ward, which was anciently known as the Cnighten Gild.

From The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges by William Ferneley Allen

As with other parishes in this soke, we find from a Feet of Fines, 9 Henry III.,

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter

This parish, like High Toynton and West Ashby, is in the soke of Horncastle. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter

The extensive woods in the soke of Horncastle abounded in game, as we have already shown by the tolls charged on roebuck, hares, &c., brought into the town. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter

The long-winded speaker, he spoke; The poor office seeker, he soke; The runner, he ran; The dunner, he dan; And the shrieker, he horribly shroke.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan

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