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sac and soc

sac and soc is the alternative form of soc and sac.

Meaning of soc and sac

Noun

soc and sac (uncountable)

  1. (UK, historical) The right of a lord to hear and decide legal cases on his estate without recourse to other courts.
    • King John granted to the prior and convent, in all their manors and lands, sac, soc, tol, and theam, infangenthef, and outfangenthef, with the ordeals or judgment by fire, water, and iron, and a common gallows in each manor; with a view of frankenpledge, and assize of bread and ale, of all their...1806, Francis Bloomfield, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. IV, p. 517

Questions about sac and soc

What is sac and soc the alternative form of?
Sac and soc is the alternative form of soc and sac.

Words near sac and soc in the dictionary

  1. sabzi
  2. sabzis
  3. Sabæan
  4. Sabæans
  5. sac
  6. sac and soc
  7. sac bunt
  8. sac bunts
  9. Sac City
  10. Sac County
  11. sac disease

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