Mote
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A court; a popular assembly.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
-Sax. A meeting; an assembly. Used in composition, as iurgmote, folkmote, etc.
-Mote-bell. the bell which was used by the Saxons to summon people to the court. Cowell.
-Mote-bell. the bell which was used by the Saxons to summon people to the court. Cowell.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
sax.
In Saxon law. A court; a meeting or assembly.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Sax. <A meeting; an assembly. Used in composition, as burgmote, folkmote, ste.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
sax. A court or assembly; a meeting of the people.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Sometimes signifies gemote (5. I!.), an assembly; sometimes moat, a trench of water protecting a residence from intrusion.