Gemot

Gemote, or Mote, Sax. [from gemettan, to meet or assemble: L. Lat. gemotum.] In Saxon law. A public meeting or assembly, (conventus publicus;) a court, or judicial tribunal, (mallum, placitum, forum juridicum.) Spelman, voc.

Gemotum

Used in various combinations, as wittenagemot, a meeting of the wise men; folcgemot, or folcmote, a meeting of the people; sciregemot, a meeting of the shire, a county meeting, or court; hundredgemot, a meeting of the hundred, or hundred court; wardegemot, a ward meeting; haligemot, an ecclesiastical meeting or court; halmot, a hall meeting, or court, a court baron; swainegemot, a forest court. See these words. Ge, in this word, is merely a particle, frequently prefixed to Saxon nouns and verbs. Spelman, ub. sup.

See Mote.