What is in old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town. [Obs.] Blackstone called?
portmote — In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town. [Obs.] Blackstone. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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