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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In early English history, a court or moot composed of the portmen or burghers of a port-town, corresponding to the leet of other places. Also called
portman-mote .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, obsolete, UK A
court , ormote , held in aport town .
Etymologies
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port + mote
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