Michel Gemot
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or MICEL GEMOTE (Saxon, great meeting or assembly). One of the names of the general council immemorially held in England. 1 Bl. Comm. 147. One of the great councils of a king and noblemen in Saxon times. These great councils were severally called wittena gemotes, afterwards micel synods, and mioel gemotes. Cowell (Ed. 1727); Cunningham. See "Michel Synoth." MICHEL SYNOTH (Saxon, great council). One of the names of the general council immemorially held in England. 1 Bl. Comm. 147. The Saxon kings usually called a "synod," or mixed council, consisting both of ecclesiastics and the nobility, three times a year, which was not properly called a "parlia-
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
michelsynoth, sax. Great meeting; the great assembly of the people; the Witenagemote.