Guild Hall
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
(Law Lat. gildhalla, variously spelled ghildhalla, guihalla, guihaula; from Saxon gild, payment, company, and halla, hall). A place in which are exposed goods for sale.
Charter of Count of Flanders; Hist. Guinensi, 202, 203; Du Cange. The hall of a guild or corporation; Du Cange; Spelman.
The hall of the merchants of the Hanseatic League in London, otherwise called the "Stilyard."
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