Gemot

or GEMOTE. (Saxon, from gemettand, to meet or assemble; Law Lat. gemotum). An assembly; a mote or moot, meeting, or public assembly. The folcgemot, or general assembly of the people; the shiregemot, or county court; the burggemot, or borough court; the hundredgemot, or hundred court; the haligemot, or court baron; the halmote, a convention of citizens in their public hall; the holymote, or holy court; the swainmote, or forest court; the wardmote, or ward court. Cunningham.

gemote, sax.

In Saxon law. A public meeting or assembly; a court, or judicial tribunal.

In Saxon law. A meeting or moot; a convention; a public assemblage. These were of several sorts, such as the witena-gemot, or meeting of the wise men; the folc-gemot, or general assembly of the people; the shire-gemot, or county court; the burg-gemot, or borough court; the hundred-gemot, or hundred court; the hall-gemot, or court-baron; the hal-mote, a convention of citizens in their public hall; the haly-mote, or holy court; the swein-gemote, or forest court; the ward-mote, or ward court. Wharton; Cunningham.

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.