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soke

  [sohk]
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–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AL soca < OE sōcn attack, right of prosecution, jurisdiction (see soken ); akin to sake 1 , seek
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soke   (sōk)   
n.  

  1. In early English law, the right of local jurisdiction, generally one of the feudal rights of lordship.

  2. The district over which soke jurisdiction was exercised.


[Middle English, from Medieval Latin sōca, from Old English sōcn, act of seeking; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.]
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soke 
"right of jurisdiction," O.E. socn "jurisdiction, prosecution," related to sacan "to quarrel," secan "to seek" (see seek).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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