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Wardmote

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Wardmote, a Court held in every ward in London.

The wardmote inquest has power to inquire into and present all defaults concerning the watch and police doing their duty, to see that engines, etc., are provided against fire, that persons selling ale and beer be honest and suffer no disorders, nor permit gaming, etc., that they sell in lawful measures; searches are to be made for beggars, vagrants, and idle persons, etc., who shall be punished.

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