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socan and sacan

socan and sacan 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 socan and sacan

What is socan and sacan the alternative form of?
Socan and sacan is the alternative form of soc and sac.

Words near socan and sacan in the dictionary

  1. socager
  2. socagers
  3. socages
  4. Socal
  5. socalled
  6. socan and sacan
  7. Socarras
  8. Socarrases
  9. socas
  10. SOCB
  11. SOCBs

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