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Hundred Gemote

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

An assembly among the Saxons of the freeholders of a hundred. It met twelve times in the year, originally; though subsequently its meetings became less frequent. It had an extensive jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and was the predecessor of the county court and sheriff's tourn, and possessed very similar powers.

Spelman, "Hundredum"; 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 7.

HUNDRED LAGH (Saxon). Liability to attend the hundred court.

Spelman.

See Cowell; Blount.