See also:

• HUSTING (O. Eng. hiesting, from Old Norwegian hzesthing)

HUSTING (O. Eng. hiesting, from Old See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian hzesthing)  , the " thing " or " ting," i.e. See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal followers or retainers of a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, See also:

• EARL

earl or See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, contrasted with the " folkmoot," the assembly of the whole See also:

• PEOPLE

people . "Thing" meant an inanimate See also:

• OBJECT

object, the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary meaning at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, also a cause or suit, and an assembly; a similar development of meaning is found in the Latin res . The word still appears in the names of the legislative assemblies of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway, the Storthing and of See also:

• ICELAND (Dan. Island)

Iceland, the Althing . " See also:

• HUSTING (O. Eng. hiesting, from Old Norwegian hzesthing)

Husting," or more usually in the plural " hustings," was the name of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• LONDON

London . This court was formerly the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county court for the city and was held before the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, the sheriffs and aldermen, for pleas of See also:

• LAND

land, See also:

• COMMON

common pleas and appeals from the sheriffs . It had See also:

• PROBATE

probate See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction and See also:

• WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

wills were registered . All this jurisdiction has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been obsolete, but the court still sits occasionally for registering gifts made to the city . The See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of Canute (1032) contains a reference to " hustings " weights, which points to the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the court . It is doubtful whether courts of this name were held in other towns, but See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• COWELL, JOHN (1554—1611)

Cowell (1554–1611) in his Interpreter (16o1) s.v., "Hustings," says that according to See also:

• FLETA

Fleta there were such courts at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln, See also:

• SHEPPEY

Sheppey and elsewhere, but the passage from Fleta, as the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary points out, does not necessarily imply this (II. lv . Habet etiam Rex curiam in civitatibus . . . et in locis . . . sicut in Hustingis London, Winton, est.) .

The ordinary use of " hustings " at the present day for the See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform from which a See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate sneaks at a See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary or other See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election, or more widely for a See also:

• POLITICAL

political candidate's election See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, is derived from the application of the word, first to the platform in the See also:

• GUILDHALL

Guildhall on which the London court was held, and next to that from which the public nomination of candidates for a parliamentary election was formerly made, and from which the candidate addressed the See also:

• ELECTORS (Ger. Kurfursten, from Kilren, O.H.G. kiosan, choose, elect, and Furst, prince)

electors . The See also:

• BALLOT (from Ital. ballotta, dim. of balla, a ball)

Ballot See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1872 did away with this public See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of the nomination .