Old Bailey
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Stimson (1881)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A prison in London, so called from the ancient bailey between Ludgate and Newgate. Bailey was the external wall of defence about a feudal castle.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
v. Court, 48. Old Natura treatise of the writs most in use, compiled ward III.; V. Natura Brevium, Fitzherbert. T. Vetera Statuta.