单词 | township moot |
释义 | > as lemmastownship moot township moot n. (also †township's moot) now historical (apparently) the assembly or court of a township (sense 1a); cf. portmanmoot n. and town moot n. at town n. Compounds 1a(a)(ii).In modern historical use (now rare) also in sense ‘assembly or court of a township (sense 1b)’; see etymological note. ΚΠ 1199 Royal Charter: John to Chertsey Abbey in T. D. Hardy Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi (1837) I. 6/1 Ab omnibus oppressionibus & exactionibus, scilicet..hustingis, & portmanemot, & tunsipemot. 1330 ( Royal Charter: Henry II to Bermondsey Abbey in Charter Roll, 4 Edward III (P.R.O.: C 53/117) m. 23 Homines suos liberos & quietos de..placitis & querelis & portmannesmot & Tuncipesmot. 1881 Law Times 22 Oct. 399 The history of our Village Communities, the Township Moot, and the Parish Vestry, show that much jurisdiction was not derived from the Crown. 1914 W. J. Weston County of Durham xxiii. 155 Townshipmoots, Wardmoots, and Shiremoots have expanded into more regularly constituted Parish Councils, District Councils, and County Councils. 1991 K. Deauxville Blood Red Roses (1999) iv. 41 It is the king's wish to retain much of the Anglo-Saxon systems of justice that minister to the people, but to put it in his loyal lords' hands and not in the vills' or any township moots. < as lemmas |
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