soken

soken
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. <! maybe shorten this and refer to en.wikipedia
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  • Soken — Sok en, n. [Cf. {Socome}.] 1. A toll. See {Soc}, n., 2. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Great sooken had this miller, out of doubt. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A district held by socage. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soken — /soh keuhn/, n. a district held by socage. [bef. 1000; ME socne, soken, OE socn an attack, visit, resort, soke. See SOKE] * * * …   Universalium

  • soken — ˈsōkən noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English socne, soken soke, from Old English sōcn act of seeking, inquiry, exercise of judicial power, jurisdiction, district of jurisdiction; akin to Old Norse sōkn attack, action at law, parish, Gothic sokns… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Soken — Obligation of tenants to use the local mill; the mill s right to tenants custom. [< OldEngl. socn = right of jurisdiction, of taking fines] Cf. Soke …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • soken — so·ken …   English syllables

  • soken — A district held by socage tenure …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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  • Thorpe-le-Soken — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 51.857 longitude= 1.164 official name= Thorpe le Soken population = shire district= Tendring shire county = Essex region= East of Englandconstituency westminster= Harwich post town= postcode district=… …   Wikipedia

  • Thorpe-le-Soken railway station — Infobox UK station name = Thorpe le Soken manager = National Express East Anglia locale = Thorpe le Soken borough = Tendring usage0405 = 0.135 usage0506 = 0.132 usage0607 = 0.129 platforms = 2 start = Thorpe le Soken railway station serves the… …   Wikipedia

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