Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wardmote \Ward"mote`\, n.
   Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a
   court formerly held in each ward of London for trying
   defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the
   like. --Brande & C. ``Wards and wardmotes.'' --Piers Plowman.