assizes
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Down to the Toulouse assizes last week he hauled the family nurse and governess, Sister Madeleine, a Dominican nun.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The representations made by the magistrates at the last assizes will be sufficient testimony up to that time; and since then, you cannot say that you deserve any defence.
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
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
