assizes

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The Ipswich assizes open this week but those at Norwich opened last week, with Sir John presenting his traditional spectacle of royal pomp.

From Time Magazine Archive

Down to the Toulouse assizes last week he hauled the family nurse and governess, Sister Madeleine, a Dominican nun.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the next county assizes for Somerset, held at Chard, in the year 1613, he was tried, found guilty, and condemned to death.

From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William

Bracton says, that in such cases the usual assizes and actions do not lie, and the 'little writ of right close' must be used 'according to the custom of the manor.'

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

This was quite in private conversation, and only came to light after the business of the assizes was over.

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard