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portmoot

portmoot is the alternative form of portmote.

Meaning of portmote

Noun

portmote (plural portmotes)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A court, or mote, held in a port town.
    • And in England it hath always been held, that the king is lord of the whole shore, and particularly is the guardian of the ports and havens, which are the inlets and gates of the realm: and therefore, so early as the reign of king John, we find ships seised by the king's officers for putting in at...1771, William, Sir Blackstone, “Of the King's Prerogative”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume 1, page 264

Forms of portmoot

pluralportmoots

Questions about portmoot

What is portmoot the alternative form of?
Portmoot is the alternative form of portmote.

Words near portmoot in the dictionary

  1. Portmarnock
  2. portmaster
  3. portmasters
  4. Portmeirion
  5. portmen
  6. portmoot
  7. portmoots
  8. Portmore
  9. portmote
  10. portmotes
  11. Portmuthian

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