commote

commote
(Welsh.) Half a hundred.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • commote — com·mote …   English syllables

  • commote — /komat/ Half a centred or hundred in Wales, containing fifty villages. Also a great seignory or lordship, and may include one or divers manors …   Black's law dictionary

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