Hundred Gemote
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Ad 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, Gloss. Hundredum; 1 Reeve, Hist Eng. Law 7. HUNDRED LA6H (Sax.). Liability to attend the hundred court Spelman, Gloss. See Cowell; Blount. HUNDRED -PENNY. The hundred-feh, or tax collected by the sheriff or lord of a hundred.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Among the Saxons, a meeting or court of the freeholders of a hundred, which assembled, originally, twelve times a year, and possessed civil and criminal jurisdiction and ecclesiastical powers. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 7.
Defined under Hundred in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Among the Saxons, a meeting or court of the freeholders of a hundred, which assembled, originally, twelve times a year, and possessed civil