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Wizengamot

The Wizengamot is a fictional group of wizards in the Harry Potter series of books. They are headquarted at the Ministry of Magic[?]. The Wizengamot seems to be based on the Witenagemot.

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The Wizengamot try Harry and reluctantly dismisses the charges. From references in the book, it appears that a Wizengamot is like a Supreme Court of sorts. That is, references to "the whole Wizengamot" (in Percy's letter to Ron) imply that this type of trial is unusual.

Albus Dumbledore is a member of the Wizengamot. His membership is revoked for most of ...Order of the Phoenix, he is later reinstated.

Wizengamot is pronounced WIHZ-en-guh-maht in the audio CDs.



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