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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.”