= moot hall, n.

A council chamber; a town hall; a courtroom, a court of justice; (Law) †a hall where moot cases are discussed (obsolete).

A house in which a council meets for deliberation; in Scotland and elsewhere, a common name for a town-hall.

A large room used for the transaction of official business, esp. one in which a deliberative, legislative, or judicial body meets. Later also…

An apartment appropriated to the meetings of a council; the place of consultation.

(a) a building in which sessions are held; (b) Scottish a room attached to a church in which the session meets.

A chamber in which a deliberative, judicial, or legislative body meets. Also: a deliberative or legislative body. Cf. chamber, n. 4a 4b Obsolete.

= council-chamber, n.