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Webster 1913 Edition

Folkmote

Folk′moteˊ

,
Noun.
[AS.
folcmōt
folk meeting.]
An assembly of the people
; esp.
(Sax. Law)
,
a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court.
[Hist.]
To which
folkmote
they all with one consent
Agreed to travel.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Folkmote

FOLKMOTE

, n.
An assembly of the people, or of bishops, thanes, aldermen and freemen, to consult respecting public affairs; an annual convention of the people, answering in some measure, to a modern parliament; a word used in England before the Norman conquest, after which, the national Council was called a parliament.
But some authors allege that the folkmote was an inferior meeting or court.

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