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Webster 1913 Edition
Swainmote
Swain′moteˊ
,Noun.
[
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.