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- Old English · derived fromsōcen
- English todaysoc and sac
From Old English sōcen and sacan, equivalent to the Anglo-Norman oyer and terminer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
soc and sac
Today it means: The right of a lord to hear and decide legal cases on his estate without recourse to other courts. Full definition →
Old English sōcen