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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 407 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BARMOTE See also:

COURT
COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

COURT (also written BERGHMOTE, BARGEMOTE, BARGEMOTE, BARMOOT) , a name applied to courts held in the See also:

lead-See also:

MINING

mining districts of See also:

DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire, See also:

England, for the purpose of determining the customs See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar to the See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry and also for the settlements of any disputes which may arise in connexion there-with. Barmote courts are of very See also:

ancient origin, having been in existence in the reign of See also:

EDWARD

Edward I. Their See also:

jurisdiction extends both to the See also:

CROWN

crown lands in the duchy of See also:

Lancaster and to those under individual ownership, comprising seven clearly defined districts. Owing to the progress made in See also:

MODERN

modern mining, many of the customs and much of the See also:

PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure had become obsolete, and their See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers were regulated by the High See also:

PEAK, THE

Peak Mining Customs and See also:

MINERAL

Mineral Courts See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1851. An See also:

APPEAL

appeal from the jurisdiction of the courts lies by way of certiorari.

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