Wardmote

A wardmote was a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward, or a court held in the ward (e.g. in London) to try defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.

The term is used in York, London, Faversham, etc., and was also used by the Chartists.

City of London

Wardmotes still take place once a year in each of the 25 wards of the City of London.[1][2]

The Wardmotes are traditionally opened by a proclamation from the Beadle, for example:

"OYEZ, OYEZ, OYEZ, All manner of persons having to do at this Court of Wardmote for the Ward of Tower holden here this day before the Worshipful Alderman Sir Paul Judge of this Ward, draw near and give your attendance.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"[3]

The Wardmotes are traditionally closed by a proclamation from the Beadle, for example:

"OYEZ, OYEZ, OYEZ, All ye good people of the Ward of Tower summoned here to this Wardmote may now depart hence and give your attendance when again summoned. And hereof fail not. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"[4]

gollark: Especially since I think legally they'd have to pay for/raise it and stuff.
gollark: I don't see a significant reason they should be obligated to have the child for you.
gollark: Analogously, I would say you should probably not be required to have someone grafted to your circulatory system and stuff for 9 months if this would keep them from an otherwise lethal disease or something. You maybe *should* morally, but this is a different thing (and I don't think that really applies in the fetus case, as it isn't much of a "person").
gollark: Actually, I seem to have misread your angle, so it isn't entirely relevant. But regarding "I'll tell them what not to do with others bodies. And the child is another body. It's medically provable.", I would argue that you should not be *required* to put up with fairly substantial health risks/inconvenience because the fetus requires being attached to someone to survive.
gollark: No, before murdering someone you have to do a MRI scan to check brain development.

References
  1. http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/88F2A43E-679E-46E9-8DFE-184AB2B62AB2/0/AV_VT_110520wardmoteminutesv3.pdf
  2. http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Council_and_democracy/Councillors_democracy_and_elections/Voting_and_Registration/annual_wardmotes.htm
  3. minutes of the March 2011 Wardmote for Ward of Tower
  4. minutes of the March 2011 Wardmote for Ward of Tower


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