Soken

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  • n. The ancient right (usually conferred by royalty) to hold a local court of justice and levy specific fees and fines. A 'soke' or 'soken' was the area over which this right was established. More specifically, the 'resort' (right) of specific farmers to have their grain ground at a specific mill or, inversely, the right of a mill to that custom. Also, specifically, a right of prosecution and judgement. Older meanings include a place that is regularly frequented. The word 'soken' is used in Stow (1598) in a way that implies regular usage / clear meaning, eg. with reference to Portsoken Ward, outside the walls of the City of London which originated as a 'liberty' (a practically synonymous term) for a guild of knights.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A toll. See soc, n., 2.
  • n. A district held by socage.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A district or territory within which certain privileges or powers were exercised; specifically, a district held by tenure of socage.
  • n. An exclusive privilege claimed by a miller of grinding all the corn used within the manor in which his mill stands, or of being paid for the same as if actually ground.
    • Word Usage
    "Fitzwalter might choose from the sokemanry, or inhabitants of the soken, a Sokeman"
    Variant
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