- Gemote
- Gemote Ge*mote", n. [As. gem?t an assembly. See {Meet}, v. t.] (AS. Hist.) A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an assembly of the wise men. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Gemote
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gemote — noun see gemot … New Collegiate Dictionary
gemote — ge·mote … English syllables
gemote — Same as gemot … Ballentine's law dictionary
gemote — noun see gemot … Useful english dictionary
folc-gemote — /fowkgamowt/ (folc gemote Spelled also, folkmote, folcmote, folkgemote; from folc, people, and gemote, an assembly.) In Saxon law, a general assembly of the people in a town or shire. It appears to have had judicial functions of a limited nature … Black's law dictionary
folc-gemote — /fowkgamowt/ (folc gemote Spelled also, folkmote, folcmote, folkgemote; from folc, people, and gemote, an assembly.) In Saxon law, a general assembly of the people in a town or shire. It appears to have had judicial functions of a limited nature … Black's law dictionary
hali-gemote — Same as halle gemote … Ballentine's law dictionary
halle-gemote — /holgamowt/ In Saxon law, haligemot (q.v.) … Black's law dictionary
hundred gemote — /handrad gamowt/ Among the Saxons, a meeting or court of the freeholders of a hundred, which assembled, originally, twelve times a year, and possessed civil and criminal jurisdiction and ecclesiastical powers … Black's law dictionary
halle-gemote — /holgamowt/ In Saxon law, haligemot (q.v.) … Black's law dictionary
