Hustings
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Council; court; tribunal. Apparently so called from being held within a building, at a time when other courts were held in the open a in. It was a local court The county court in the city of London bore this name. There were hustings at York, Winchester, Lincoin, and in other places similar to the London hustings. Also the raised place from winch candidates for scats in parliament address the constituency, on the occasion of their nomination.
Wharton.
In Virginia, some of the local courts are calied "hustings," as in the city of Richmond.
Smith v. Com., 6 Grab (Vat) 696.