1. (n.) A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.

2. (n.) A heavy blow.

3. (n.) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.

4. (n.) A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.

5. (v. t.) To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.

6. (n.) Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly.

7. (n.) A court of justice.

8. (n.) A place where justice is administered.

9. (n.) A place where public meetings are held.