English

Noun

wardmote ‎(plural wardmotes)

1. (now historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
   • c. 1390, William Landland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:

     Somme seruen þe kyng · and his siluer tellen / In cheker and in chancerye · chalengen his dettes / Of wardes and wardmotes · weyues and streyues.

2. (historical) A court formerly held in each ward of London, England for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.