Vierschaar
A Vierschaar is a historical term for a tribunal in the Netherlands. Before the separation of lawmaking, law enforcement, and justice duties, the government of every town was administered by a senate (called a Wethouderschap) formed of two, three, or sometimes four burgomasters, and a certain number of sheriffs (called Schepenen), so that the number of sitting judges were generally seven. The term Vierschaar means literally "foursquare", so called for the four-square dimensions of the benches in use by the sitting judges. Most towns had the Vierschaar privilege to hear their own disputes, and the meeting room used for this was usually located in the town hall. Many historic town halls still have such a room, usually decorated with scenes from the Judgment of Solomon.
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References
The history of Holland and the Dutch nation: from the beginning of the tenth century to the end of the eighteenth, page 77, By Charles Maurice Davies, Volume 1, London, 1851