Witenagemote
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An ancient assembly of the Saxon witans, great and wise men, to aid and advise the king.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The assembly of wise men. This was the great national council or parliament of the Saxons in England, comprising the noblemen, high ecclesiastics, and other great thanes of the kingdom, advising and aiding the king in the general administration of government.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
wettena-geinote, law. The assembly of wise men, parliament, assembled on important
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
(The assembly of wise council or Parliament, v. Court, 1. ■Withdrawing a juror. A method of consent, and sharing the costs. method of suspending an action by record, revoking the entry by the plaintiff.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Assembly of wise men; which, among the Saxons, was the counterpart, perhaps the original, of the English parliament. See Parhambnt.