SOKE

noun Etymology: Middle English soc, ~, from Old English soka, from Medieval Latin soca, from Old English sōcn inquiry, jurisdiction; akin to Old English sēcan to seek Date: 12th century the right in Anglo-Saxon and early English law to hold court and administer justice with the franchise to receive certain fees or fines arising from it ; jurisdiction over a territory or over people, the district included in a ~ jurisdiction or franchise