assize

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Divorce proceedings were fixed for 27 October 1936 at Ipswich assize court.

From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2019

Last week an assize court jury in Kingston took only ten minutes to find Johnson not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.

From Time Magazine Archive

"For the plaintiff," the foreman said, in answer to the question of the clerk of assize.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

Most houses possessed the right to hold the assize of bread and ale and to fine alewives who overcharged or gave short measure.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

There can be no truer commentary on the “Tale of Gamelyn” or the “Geste of Robin Hood” than these formal assize rolls.

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.