Hustings
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Council; court; tribunal. Apparently so called from being held within a building, at a time when other courts were l:eld in the open air. It was a lecal court. y: HUSTINGS 5 Lincoln, and in other places to the London hustings. Also the d place from which candidates for seats parliament address the constituency, on in the occasion of their nomination. Wharton. _ In Virginia, some of the local courts are called “hustings,” as in the city of Richmond.
6 Grat. 696.