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wardmote

wardmote


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wardmote  \Ward"mote`\,  n. 
  Anciently,  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  a  ward;  also  a 
  court  formerly  held  in  each  ward  of  London  for  trying 
  defaults  in  matters  relating  to  the  watch,  police,  and  the 
  like  --Brande  &  C.  ``Wards  and  wardmotes.''  --Piers  Plowman.