\Soc\ (s[o^]k), n. [AS. s[=o]c the power of holding court,
sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or
seeking; akin to E. sake, seek. {Sake}, {Seek}, and cf.
{Sac}, and {Soke}.] [Written also {sock}, and {soke}.]
1. (O. Eng. Law)
   (a) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a
       district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of
       causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
   (b) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary
       burdens.
2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of
   grinding all the corn used within the manor or township
   which the mill stands. [Eng.]
{Soc and sac} (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering
   justice in a manor or lordship.