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Gild Hall

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

See "Guildhall." GILDA MERCATORIA (Law Lat.) A mercantile meeting. If the king once grants to a set of men to have gildam mercatoriam, a mercantile meeting or assembly, this is alone sufficient to incorporate and establish them forever. 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 473, 474. A company of merchants incorporated. St. Wm. Reg. Scot. c. 35; Leg. Burg. Scot. c. 99; Du Cange; Spelman; 8 Coke, 125a; 2 Ld. Raym. 1134.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The meeting place of a gild.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

see Guildhall.

Gild-rent. certain payments to the crown from any Gild or fraternity.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850