Gemot
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In Saxon law. A meeting or moot; a convention; a public assemblage. These were of several sorts, such as the witena-gemot, or meeting of the wise men; the folc-gemot, or general assembly of the people; the shire-gemot, or county court; the burg-gemot, or borough court; the hundred-gemot, or hundred court; the hall-gemot, or court-baron; the hal-mote, a convention of citizens in their public hall; the haly-mote, or holy court; the swein-gemote, or forest court; the ward-mote, or ward court. Wharton; Cunningham.