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The superior courts, both of law and equity, were for centuries fixed at West- minster, an ancient palace of the monarchs of England. Formerly, all the superior courts were held before the king's capital justiciary of England, in the aula regis, or such of his palaces wherein his royal person resided, and removed with his household from one end of the kingdom to another. This was found to occasion great inconven- ience to the suitors, to remedy which it was made an article of the great charter of liber- ties, both of King John and King Henry III., that "common pleas should no longer follow

A building or room of consider- able size, used as a place for the meeting of public assemblies, conventions, courts, etc. In English law. A name given to many manor-houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion-house. Cowell.

The superior courts, both of law and equity, were for centuries fixed at Westminster, an ancient palace of the monarchs of England. Formerly, all the superior courts were held before the king's capital justiciary of England, in the Aula Regis, or such of his palaces wherein his royal person resided, and removed with his household from one end of the kingdom to another. This was found to occasion great inconvenience to the suitors, to remedy which it was made an article of the great charter of liberties, both of King John and King Henry III., that "common pleas should no longer follow the King's Court, but be held in some certain place," in consequence of which they have ever since been held (a few removals in times of the plague excepted) in the palace of Wesminster only. The courts of equity also sit at Westminster, nominally, during term time, although, actually, only during the first day of term, for they generally sit in courts provided for the purpose in, or in the neighborhood of Lincoln's Inn.- Brown. uncle or aunt is called his "cousin-german," or "first cousin," and the child, grandchild, &c., of such cousin is called his "first cousin once, twice, &c., removed." The grandchild of A.'s great-uncle is his second cousin, and the child, grandchild, &c., of such cousin is his second cousin, once, twice, &c., removed, and so on. old English it is a term for any collateral relative.-Wharton. In COUSIN AND HEIR-AT-LAW, (in a declaration). 7 Dowl. & Ry. 517. COUSINS, (in a will). 13 Cent. L. J. 5, and cases cited; 2 Bro. Ch. C. 125; 8 Com. Dig. 472; 2 Cox Ch. 187; 15 Ch. D. 528. COUSINS, FIRST AND SECOND, (in a will, who are included). 2 Bro. Ch. C. 125. A public building used as a meeting place either of corporations, courts, or other public assemblies; as, the city hall, or town hall. In old English law, a chief mansion or habitation. HALL PURPOSES, (premises occupied for). 102 Mass. 204. HALLAGE.-Tolls paid for goods or merchandise vended in a hall. 6 Co. 62. HALLMOTE, or HALLIMOTE.-A court among the Saxons answering to the Eng-

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London. The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment. Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall. Chaucer. Hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into the hall: A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times. Hence: Any corridor or passage in a building. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. Cowell. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college). The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation. [Obs.] "A hall! a hall!" B. Jonson.

Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.

A corridor; a hallway. | A large meeting room. | A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion). | A building providing student accommodation at a university. | The principal room of a secular medieval building. | Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing. | A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences. | A living room. | A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall. | A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.

A surname. | A British and Scandinavian topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in or near a hall. | A surname. | A surname from German for someone associated with a salt mine. | A surname. | An Anglo-Norman surname. | A village in Gelderland, Netherlands. | A number of places in the United States: | Former name of Las Lomas, a CDP in California. | A number of places in the United States: | An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana. | A number of places in the United States: | An unincorporated community in Granite County, Montana. | A number of places in the United States: | A hamlet and census-designated place in Ontario County, New York. | A number of places in the United States: | An unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington. | A number of places in the United States: | An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia. | A village in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.