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1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xviii. f. cxlviii^v Then Pilate entred into the iudgement housse agayne, and called Iesus.

1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) John xviii. 33 Then Pylate entred into the iudgement hall agayne, and called Iesus.

1538 Bible (Coverdale) Acts xvi. C Hyr lordes seynge that the hope of theyr vauntage was gone oute, takynge Paule and Silas they broughte them into the iudgemente place to the rulers.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 99 To old free Towne our common iudgement place. View more context for this quotation

1677 Z. Babington Advice to Grand Jurors 31 The Consistory or Bench of Justices..placed the party..in the Court or Judgment Hall, and diligently enquired and examined the cause.

1677 F. Bampfield Seventh-day-sabbath 37 On that day Jesus was led by Caiaphas to the Prætorium, or Judgment-house.

1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. xii. 243 Mr. Fillet no sooner appeared in the judgment-chamber of justice Gobble than captain Crowe..exclaimed [etc.].

1788 J. Woodhouse Poems Several Occasions 9 No civil magistrate, in judgment-place, When canvassing the meanest culprit's case, Allows a laugh substantial evidence, To clear a convict.

1830 New Monthly Mag. 28 18 As soon as sentence was pronounced on the delinquent, he was, on leaving the judgment-room below, to walk upstairs into the Carcer above.

1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. xiv. 232 A scene depicted in the judgment-hall of Osiris.

1897 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 458/1 The corpse is out of sight from the judgment yard.

1912 W. A. Candler Wesley & his Work iv. 93 The indignities of Pilate's judgment hall.

1955 L. de Wohl Spear (1957) iii. ix. 244 She could hear vague noises and shouting coming from the direction of the Lithostrotos, the judgment place in front of the praetorium.

2007 M. I. Harrison Princess & Hound x. 100 He felt as if he were twelve again, in that judgment hall with a thousand eyes staring at him.