单词 | burgh-mote |
释义 | > as lemmasburgh-mote burgh-mote n. (also borough-moot) [Old English burh-gemót ; compare moot n.1] the judicial assembly of a borough. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > local or town court portmoot1266 burgh-motea1400 byrlaw-court1597 birliea1609 borough court1769 borough sessions1835 a1400 Vsages of Wynchestre in Eng. Gilds 350 At þe borghmot of seynt mychel. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 311 A court or burghmote was held thrice a year for determining all causes between the inhabitants. 1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 130 The later county court of the Vicecomes or Sheriff..held three times a year as a Burh-gemote in the leading burgh of the district. 1880 Antiquary June 255 The ancient Burghmote horn of Ipswich. < as lemmas |
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