wardmote
wardmote is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administrative
- and
- appeal
- appellate
- arbitration
- assize
- bar
- barmote
- bench
- board
- box
- bureau
- burghmote
- cloth
- common
- council
- county
- court
- court-baron
- court-leet
- die
- district
- divan
- dock
- drumhead
- durbar
- error
- eyre
- forum
- green
- guild
- hall
- house
- hustings
- inquisition
- judgment
- judicatory
- judicial
- jury
- justice
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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