"Rota" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

L. Lat Succession; rotation. “Rota ot presentations ;'* “rota of the terms.” 2 W. BL 772, 773

Span. In Spanish law. oblit-erated. white, New Recop. ,b. 3, tit. 7, c. 5. I 2

A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle
Ages in church music; -- written also rotta.

A short-lived political club established in 1659 by
J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the
principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of
a portion of Parliament.

An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana,
that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve
members.