Commote
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or COMORTH. A contribution which was gathered at marriages, and when young priests said or sung the first masses. Prohibited by 26 Hen. VIII. c. 6. Cowell. COMMOTE (Law Lat. commotum, from Brit, cymhod; cym, together, bod, being or dwelling; or from cwm/mwd, a province). Half a cantred or hundred in Wales, containing, properly, fifty villages. St. Walliae, 12 Edw. I. 21 Hen. VIII. c. 26. Spelman, voc. "Commotum." The fourth part of a hundred, according to Mr. Barrington who A great seigniory or lordship, including one or more manors. Co. Litt. 5a. Part of a seigniory. Thel. Dig. lib. 8, e. 2, § 18.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Commotum, 1. 1.
In old English law. Half of a cantred or hundred in Wales, containing properly fifty villages; a great seigniory, including one or more manors; part of a seigniory.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Half a cantred or hundred in Wales, containing fifty villages. Also 4 great seignory or lordship, and may include one or divers manors. Co. Litt. 5.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. commotum, from Brit, cymbod; cym, together, hod, being or dwelling; or from cwmmtod, a province.] Half of a cantred or hundred in Wales, containing properly fifty villages. Stat. WallioB, 12 Edw. I. 21 Hen. VIII. c. 26. Speljnan, voc. Commotum. A great seigniory or lordship, including one or more manors. Co, Litt. 6 a. Part of a seigniory. Thel. Big, lib. 8, c. 2, ^ 1 8.