wardmote

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wardmote - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wardmote \Ward"mote`\, n.
     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.
     [1913 Webster]