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Guildhall

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The hall or place of meeting of a gulid or glld. The place of meeting of a municipal corporation. 3 Steph. Comm. 173, note. The mercantile or commercial gilds of the Saxons are supposed to have given rise to the present municipal corporations of England, whose place of meeting is still called the "Guildhall."

— Guildhall sittings. The sittings held in the Guildhall of the city of London for city of London causes.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The hall or place of meeting of a guéid, or gild. The place of meeting of a municipal corporation. 3 Steph. Comm. 173, note. The mercantils or commercial gild/s of the Saxons are supposea to have given rise to the present municipal ccrporations of England, whose place of meeting is still called the “Guildhall.”