folkmoot

noun

1. (historical)A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.

   “To which folke-mote they all with one consent […] Agreed to travell, and their fortunes try.”

   “Yet even in the seven kingdoms, even in the united kingdom, when there was a general summons to the host, some concentration of the armed folkmoots must have taken place.”

   “If the accused did not appear on the day named for the trial, he was outlawed at the folkmoot.”

   “Since marital, hiring, and other contracts were made in the folkmoots, it is likely that justice was administered there. Thus it may be said that the meeting -places were used for councils of war and the administration of the law.”

   “[…] slay Ermanaric in one quick, clean blow, and afterward call a folkmoot to pick a new king who shall be righteous.”