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Webster 1913 Edition


Soc

Soc

(sŏk)
,
Noun.
[AS.
sōc
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Soc

SOC

,
Noun.
[L. sequor.]
1.
Properly, the sequela, secta or suit, or the body of suitors; hence, the power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in a manor; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
2.
Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
3.
An exclusive privilege claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.

Definition 2024


sóc

sóc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soc"

Catalan

Verb

sóc

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of ser

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kʰlɔːk or *p-rɔːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *prɔɔk

Noun

(classifier con) sóc

  1. (zoology) squirrel

Etymology 2

From Khmer ស្រុក (srŏk)

Noun

sóc

  1. small Khmer village
Derived terms