Meaning of soc and sac | Babel Free

Definitions

The right of a lord to hear and decide legal cases on his estate without recourse to other courts.

UK, historical, uncountable

Examples

“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 tenants […]”

CEFR level