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Definition of Assizes
1. Noun. The county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts).
Generic synonyms: Court, Judicature, Tribunal
Definition of Assizes
1. Noun. (plurale tantum) The regional courts of Great Britain, which were replaced by the crown courts in 1971. ¹
2. Noun. A trial or hearing before such a court. ¹
3. Noun. (plural of assize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assizes
1. assize [n] - See also: assize
Literary usage of Assizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1891)
"For that purpose we must turn to the next recorded outbreak on the occasion of
the assizes at Oxford in 15/7, which happens to have been somewhat fully ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty (1819)
"GRAND JURY—continued. proclamation at assizes for justices, &c. to deliver
inquisitions, &c. 183 call of particular prosecutor, 184 proclamation at assizes ..."
3. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"Lowndes tried in 1835 and again in 1838.* We have already seen that the chief
possessory assizes are four in number—the assize of novel disseisin, ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"16.a It is obvious, that on joint panels, returned for joint trials, at the
assizes, a defect of jurors might, from this limitation, often take place. ..."
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