Old Bailey

English

Etymology

Originally "The Bailey", a street running outside the western wall of medieval London; from the word "bailey," a Middle English term for the outermost wall or court of a fortification. The courthouse built nearby in the 16th century, alongside old Newgate Prison, took its name from the street.

Proper noun

the Old Bailey

the building of Central Criminal Court (sense 2)
  1. a street in the City between Holborn circus and St Paul's Cathedral
  2. the Central Criminal Court in this street; the Crown Court in City of London
  3. (by extension) The English legal system
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