soke

English - Turkish

Definition of soke in English Turkish dictionary

{i} yerel yargı hakkı

(isim) yerel yargı hakkı

English - English

Definition of soke in English English dictionary

Any of several medieval rights, either to hold a court, or to receive fines

A district under a particular jusridiction

One of the small territorial divisions into which Lincolnshire, England, is divided

Etymology

[ 'sOk ] (noun.) 12th century. From Middle English soke from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", of Germanic origin, from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-Germanic *sōknō (“seeking, inquiry”) from Proto-Indo-European *sāg(')- (“to track”). Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.