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Definition of swanimote

swanimote
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.
Swanimote
Swanimote Swan"i*mote, n. (Eng. Forest Law) See Swainmote.

Meaning of swanimote from wikipedia

- repealed by Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971 (c. 47) c. 8 When Swanimotes shall be kept, and who shall repair to them. — repealed by Wild Creatures...
- Sharp, p. 95 Sharp, pp. 140–142 Sharp, p163 Sharp, p164 P. Large, "From Swanimote to disafforestation: Feckenham Forest in the early 17th century" in R...
- (Pipe R. Soc.), 64; 14 Hen. II, 110; 15 Hen. II, 137. P. Large, 'From Swanimote to disafforestation: Feckenham Forest in the early 17th century' in R...
- Archives, together with one inquisition from 1377. Some rolls of the Swanimote court of the forest from the time of Henry VII also survive. There was...
- 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 P. Large, 'From Swanimote to disafforestation: Feckenham Forest in the early 17th century' in R...