A court or meeting held in a manor hall for administering local justice and managing estate affairs in medieval England.
From Old English halle (hall) plus mot or moot (meeting/assembly), referring to Anglo-Saxon judicial gatherings held in lords' halls where disputes were settled.
The hallmoot was medieval justice on a local scale—a lord or his representative would gather villagers in the hall to settle disputes, collect taxes, and announce new rules!
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