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Great council

Defined in 1 dictionary — Kinney (1893)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In' English la%v. An assembly of the wise men of the nation, which succeeded the Witenagemote of Anglo-Saxon times, and was the original of parliament. Great seal: the emblem of royal authority, intrusted to the chancellor or lord keeper. Great titiies: tithes of corn, peas and beans, hay and wood.