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soke

(sōk)

noun

the right to hold court and dispense justice within a given territory
the territory under the jurisdiction of a court

Origin: ME < ML soca < OE socn, jurisdiction, prosecution < base of secan (< *sokjan), to seek

See soke in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

In early English law, the right of local jurisdiction, generally one of the feudal rights of lordship.
The district over which soke jurisdiction was exercised.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Medieval Latin sōca

Origin: , from Old English sōcn, act of seeking; see sāg- in Indo-European roots

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