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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[AS.

sōcen

sōcn

, searching, or the right of searching, the lord’s court. See

(O.Eng. Law)

A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill.

Cowell.

Noun.

A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill. [Not used.]

socome ‎(uncountable)

(Britain, law, obsolete) A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill.
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