Mint [fr. moneta, Lat.; mynet, Sax., money, from mynetian, to coin], the place where money is coined. The Mint of Great Britain is situated near the Tower of London. By the (English) Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10) (repealing various Acts), the laws relating to the coinage and Mint are consolidated and amended. See COIN.
Also, a place of privilege in Southwark, near the king's prison, where persons formerly sheltered themselves from justice under the pretext that it was an ancient palace of the Crown. The privilege has long been abolished.
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