moot hall

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noun

a building in some English villages where moots were once held; town hall.

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Origin of moot hall

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Tim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One day he and some of his roommates were cleaning their room and one of the guys threw the dustpan out into the hall.
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But he elected instead to have a very visible affair with a music-hall star.
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But, strange to say, Cocker never got inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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There's blood on many hands tonight…That blood on the hands starts at City Hall in the Office of the Mayor.
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In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Then, with one accord, they all rose and began to steer their way around the furniture toward the hall, Goliath following.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
Mrs. Vivian had hardly spoken when the sharp little vibration of her door-bell was heard in the hall.
Confidence|Henry James
The governor went upstairs and found Juan de Messa in the hall.
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