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Legal English Vocabulary: Guild in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term guild into Spanish: gremio (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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What is Guild?

A definition of guild is: A voluntary association of persons, pursuing the same trade, art, profession or business, such as printers, goldsmiths, artists, wool merchants, etc. More details on the Encyclopedia., united under a distinct organization of their own, analogous to that of a corporation, regulating the affairs of their trade or business by their own laws and rules, and aiming, by cooperation and organization, to protect and promote the interests of their common vocation. More details on the Encyclopedia.

More about the Concept of Guild

In medieval history these fraternities or guilds played an important part in the government of some states; as at Florence, in the thirteenth and following centuries, where they chose the council of government of the city. More details on the Encyclopedia. The word is said to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon “gild” or “geld,” a tax or tribute, because each member of the society was required to pay a tax towards its support.[1]

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1. “Guild” in the White America Dictionary (New York, Los Angeles, London, New Delhy, Hong Kong, 1989)

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• Trade Union
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