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Guild Hall

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

(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." Id.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

See Gild-hall.