Halymote
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
HOLIMOT, or HALEGE. mot (from Saxon, halg, holy, and gemot or mot, a meeting). A holy or ecclesiastical court. A court held in London before the lord mayor and sheriffs, for regulating the bakers. It was anciently held on Sunday next before St. Thomas' day, and therefore called,the holymote, or holy court. Cowell (Ed. 1727); Cunningham. See Spelman; 4 Inst. 321. church or sepulchre, and were excused from feudal services. Especially in the county of Durham, those who held by service of defending the corpse of St. Cuthbert. Jacob.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Iiallmot, haligemot, sax.
In old English law. A holy or ecclesiastical court; otherwise called circgemot, and chirgemot.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A holy or ecclesiastical court. A court held in London before the lord msyor and sheriffs, for regulating the bakers, It was anciently held on Sanday next before St. Thomas’ day, and therefore called the “holymoie,” or holy court. Cowell.