单词 | wood-mote |
释义 | > as lemmaswood-mote wood-mote n. now Historical, a court for determining cases in forest law, later called court of attachments (attachment n. 3). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > forest-courts swanimote1189 wood-speech1222 justice seat1607 wood-motea1610 Eyre of the Forest1622 wood-plea court1672 speech1687 forest-court1768 15.. [see wood-master n.]. a1610 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forest (1615) xxii. §1. 207 The said Court of attachments then called the Wood~mote Court. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. vi. 71 The court of attachments, wood-mote, or forty days court, is to be held before the verderors of the forest once in every forty days. 1826 [see wood-master n.]. 1900 J. Nisbet Our Forests & Woodlands i. 29 In the Charter of 1217 provision was made for a Court of Attachment or ‘Woodmote’ being held every forty days... Like the Woodmote, the Swainmote was originally held at irregular times. 1978 Lancashire Life Apr. 27/2 One named Ughtred Hodgkinson attended a woodmote at Whitewell in Bowland in 1570. < as lemmas |
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