Chirgemot
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
CHIRCHGEMOTE, CIRCGEMOTE, or kirkmote. (Saxon, circgemote, from circ, ciric, or cyric, a church, and gemot, a meeting or assembly).
In Saxon law. An ecclesiastical court or assembly (forum ecclesiasticum); a synod; a meeting in a church or vestry. Blount; Spelman; LL. Hen. I. cc. 4, 8; 4 Inst. 321; Cunningham.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
chirctagemot.
In Saxon law. An ecclesiastical assembly or court; a synod or meeting in a church or vestry.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
CHIRCHGEMOT.
In Saxon law. An ecclesiastical assembly or court. Spelman. A synod or meeting ina chureh or vestry. 4 Inst. 321.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
cbirchgemote, sax. A synod; an ecclesiastical court.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Chirchgemot. [Sax. circgemot; from circ, ciric or cyric, a church, and gemot, an assembly.] In Saxon law. An ecclesiastical assembly or court; {forum ecclesiasticum.) Spelman. LL. Hen. I. c. 8, cited ibid. A synod or meeting in a church or vestry. 4 Inst. 321.