Burghmote
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Burgmote, Burgemote. Sax. [L. Lat. burgemotus, burgesmotus, burgimotus; from burg, a burgh, and mote or gemote, a meeting.] In Saxon law. The court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court, (curia burgensis.) A court held in burghs or towns three times a year, at which the ealdorman, or alderman presided.
LL.
Edg. c.
5. LL.
Canuti, c.
44. Spelman. 1 Spence's Chancery, 68. Crabb's Hist. Eng. Law, 27.
See Gemote.
See Gemote.