a court held in Guildhall before the lord-mayor and aldermen of London, and reckoned the supreme court of the city. Here deeds may be enrolled, recoveries passed, out-lawries sued out, and replevins and writs of error determined. In this court also is the election of aldermen, of the four members of parliament for the city, &c.

This court is very ancient, as appears by the laws of Edward the Confessor.

Some other cities have likewise had a court bearing the same name, as Winchester, York, &c.