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Shire-mote

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An English county court.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The assize of the shire, or the assembly of the people, was so called by the Saxons. It was nearly if not exactly, the same as the scyregemote, and in most respects corresponded with what were afterwards called the "county courts." Brown.

Defined under Shire in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In Saxon law. The county court Shire-reere, shireve: the reeve or bailiflf of the shire,— the viscount of Anglo-Norman, and the sheriff of later times.