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Definition of Court of assize
1. Noun. The county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts).
Generic synonyms: Court, Judicature, Tribunal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Court Of Assize
Literary usage of Court of assize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1904)
"Jury, shall elect and choose Twelve Knowing substantial Freeholders of the several
Counties, (except those Counties where the General Court, Court of Assize ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Leycester Adolphus (1837)
"Where a prosecutor is not bound over to prosecute at the assizes, quaere, whether
the Court of Assize has power to grant his expenses under the above ..."
3. The Canada Law Journalby Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1870)
"The Court of Assize is held every three months, usually at the chief town of the
de- . partment. The one in Paris is held twice every month. ..."
4. The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg (1920)
"... court of assize consisting of a specially designated member of the court of
appeals within whose jurisdiction the department lies and two other ..."
5. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1884)
"... to issue ua precept directed to the justices of the court of assize and general
goal delivery," requiring them to hold a special court of assize and ..."
6. A Digest of the Law of Criminal Procedure in Indictable Offences by Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1883)
"JURISDICTION OF COUNTY court of assize IN COUNTIES OF CITIES. 1 Any prosecutor
may prefer a bill of indictment for any offence committed or charged to be ..."
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