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~mote~: meeting; hence ~folks' mote~, meeting of the folk or people; ~ward mote~, meeting of those living in the same ward or city division.

~The Companies~: such as those of the Goldsmiths, Merchant Taylors, Drapers, &c.

~Quarter Sessions~: the sessions or sittings of the Law Courts in a county or city held every quarter.

~archives~: public records.

~sergeant~ means 'servant,' 'officer'--here of the law. Ordinarily it is a rank in the army.

62. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY. PART III.

~Advocate~: argue in favour of.

~tenacity~: perseverance, holding on. (Latin _teneo_, to hold.)

~livery~: because the members of the different trade companies used to wear a distinguis.h.i.+ng uniform or livery.

~fletchers~: arrow-makers. (French _fleche_, an arrow.)

~trust-money~: money entrusted for a certain purpose for which alone it can be used.

~technical~: where useful trades and sciences are taught.

63. LONDON. GREATER LONDON.

~Conservative~: preserving, so far as convenient, the present state of things.

~functions~: powers and duties.

~reformatory schools~: where boys and girls who have committed some crime are sent to be reformed to better ways.

~a.s.sets~: property actually held, so that it can be set off against a debt.

~democratic~: giving power and influence to the people.

~oligarchic~: giving power and influence to the few.

~'law worthiness'~: right to a.s.sist in the making of laws.

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