Folkmote

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Folkmote \Folk"mote`\, n. [AS. folcm[=o]t 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.]
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           To which folkmote they all with one consent
           Agreed to travel.                        --Spenser.
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