Swain Mote
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
SWEIN MOTE, or SWAIN gemote (from Saxon swang, an attendant, or boclandman, or freeholder, and mote, or gemote, a meeting).
In forest law. A court holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the swein mote, thrice in every year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury. Its principal jurisdiction is, first, to inquire into the oppressions and grievances committed by the officers of the forest, and, secondly, to receive and try presentments certified from the court of attachments against offenses in vert and venison. 3 Bl. Comm. 71, 72; Cowell.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
swein-mote, swain-gemote, Swainimotum, swainimotum, swayninotum, Lat.
In old English law. A court held before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the swein-mote, thrice in every year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury.