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
These assizes do not, of course, appear in Ibelin, who was only concerned with the feudal law of the high court.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
At this moment of condemnation you refer to your intention of obtaining my discharge at these assizes.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
The assizes of the kingdom itself are twofold—the assizes of the high court and the assizes of the court of burgesses.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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