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Wardmote

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Wardmote
    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. "Wards and wardmotes ."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) wardmote
    A meeting of a ward; also, a court formerly held in every ward in the city of London. Also called ward-mote-court or inquest.
Usage in literature

Secondly, they are presidents of the wardmote and governors each of that ward whereby he was elected. "The Commonwealth of Oceana" by James Harrington

Each alderman also conducted wardmotes in his ward and decided criminal and civil issues between its residents. "Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed." by S. A. Reilly

About the middle of last December, I received a citation to attend a wardmote, to be held in the schoolroom of my parish. "Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432" by Various

The Court of the Wardmote. "Old and New London" by Walter Thornbury

The city and liberties of London were not wholly under the jurisdiction of the several wardmotes and their aldermen. "View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)" by Henry Hallam