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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.
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.