Moot hall

Moot hall

A moot hall is meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues.

In Anglo-Saxon England, a low ring-shaped earthwork served as a moot hill or moot mound, where the elders of the hundred would meet to take decisions. Some of these acquired permanent buildings, known as moot halls. However, many moot halls are on relatively new sites within later settlements.

The Moot Hall in Aldeburgh Suffolk
Sundial on Moot Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England.
The Moot Hill or Law Mount at Lambroughton in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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  • Moot-hall — Moot house Moot house , n. [AS. m[=o]th?s.] A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. [Obs.] The moot hall of Herod. Wyclif. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • moot hall — noun Etymology: Middle English mothalle, moothalle, from mot, moot moot + halle hall more at moot, hall : a room or building in which a moot is held; specifically : town hall …   Useful english dictionary

  • moot hall — /ˈmut hɔl/ (say mooht hawl) noun (in an English village) a historic building where a moot (moot1 def. 6) was once held …  

  • moot hall — a building in some English villages where moots were once held; town hall. [1350 1400; ME] * * * …   Universalium

  • moot-hall —  a town hall. North …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • Moot-house — Moot hall Moot hall , Moot house Moot house , n. [AS. m[=o]th?s.] A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. [Obs.] The moot hall of Herod. Wyclif. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • moot house — moot hall or moot house noun 1. A town hall or council chamber 2. A hall for moot courts • • • Main Entry: ↑moot …   Useful english dictionary

  • Moot — may refer to: from Moot as an Old English language (Anglo Saxon) term for meeting: Folkmoot Jamtamót, the old assembly of Jämtland Witenagemot, the High Council of Anglo Saxon England Moot hall or Moot hill, a meeting or assembly place,… …   Wikipedia

  • moot — folk·moot; hall·moot; moot·able; moot; moot·man; moot·ness; …   English syllables

  • Moot — A meeting or gathering of people; also, the place of the meeting, namely moot hall and moot hill. [OldEngl. mot = assembly, society, court] Cf. Gemot; Witenagemot …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

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