Soke
noun, Early English Law.
1.
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
2.
a district over which local jurisdiction was exercised.
noun (English legal history)
1.
the right to hold a local court
2.
the territory under the jurisdiction of a particular court
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