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Definition of Swainmote

Swainmote
Swainmote Swain"mote`, n. [Swain + mote meeting: cf. LL. swanimotum.] (Eng. Forest Law) A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury. [Written also swanimote, and sweinmote.] --Blackstone.

Meaning of Swainmote from wikipedia

- Forests. Courts of swainmote and attachment went out of existence at various dates in the different forests. A Court of Swainmote was re-established in...
- verderers, together constituting the Court of Verderers (or Court of Swainmote). The Court has ancient origins but in its present form is a corporate...
- Forest. Together they constitute the Court of Verderers (or Court of Swainmote). Established sometime prior to the 12th century, the verderers initially...
- years. The Forest of Bowland had its own forest courts – woodmote and swainmote – from early times. These appear to have been abandoned in the 1830s around...
- courts leet. By 1909, the Court of Regard had been obsolete for centuries. Swainmotes were still held, but were mere formalities. No Court of Justice Seat had...
- Master Forester fell into abeyance. The forest courts at Whitewell – a swainmote and a woodmote – were presided over by a Chief Steward or more often his...
- western boundary were the villages of Wylye and Teffont Evias. At a Grovely swainmote held in March 1603, a jury drawn from Great Wishford and Barford St Martin...
- of Chingford Halke owned land around Hawkwood, and was a member of the Swainmote Court. Hawkwood was part of the Chingford St. Pauls Manor estate, so called...
- under forest law and jurisdiction was exercised through woodmote and swainmote courts. In the main, these appear to have been held at the demesne manor...
- Yorkshire. The forest courts for the Forest of Bowland, the woodmote and swainmote, originally appear to have been held at Hall Hill near Radholme Laund...