Witan
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Saxon law. Wise men; persens of information, especially in the laws; the king's advisers; members of the king's council; the optimates or principal men of the kingdom. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 11, note,
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
sax.
In Saxon law. Wise men; persons of information, especially in the laws; the king's advisers, members of his council; the principal men of the kingdom.