soken (English, noun)
expansion: soken (countable and uncountable, plural sokens)
Senses:
glosses: The ancient right (usually conferred by royalty) to hold a local court of justice and levy specific fees and fines.
The 'resort' (right) of specific farmers to have their grain ground at a specific mill or, inversely, the right of a mill to that custom.
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
glosses: The ancient right (usually conferred by royalty) to hold a local court of justice and levy specific fees and fines.
A right of prosecution and judgement.
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
glosses: The area over which this right was established.
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
glosses: A place that is regularly frequented.
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
Forms:
form: sokens
tags: plural