Hamsoca
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
(Law Lat.) In Saxon law. Hamsoken, or hamsocne. The privilege or liberty of a man's own house; a breach of such privilege by a violent entry.
LL.
Edmund, c.
6.
See Hamma. A fine for such entry; an immunity from such fine.
Spelman.
HAMSOCNE hamsokne, hamsockne, hamsoken, hamsockene, homesoken. In Saxon law. The liberty, privilege, or immunity of a man's house.
Spelman.
A breach of the immunity of a man's house by entering it against his will; the violent entry of a house.
Spelman.
The offense of burglary.
4 Bl. Comm. 223.
A franchise or privilege granted to lords of manors, to hold pleas and take cognizance of the offence of entering a house against the will of the occupant, and of imposing and exacting fines therefor. Spelman; Blount. A fine or amercement imposed for enteror acquittance from such fine. See Hamma. Spelman.