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assizes::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius |
| Type of | court, judicature, tribunal |
Examples of assizes
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The rioters were tried in the assizes at Ely during the week commencing June 1816.
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A few were put to the next assizes and the remainder chose to be tried immediately.
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The juries under the assizes began deciding guilt as well as providing accusations.
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The last assizes were held there in 1830, while the gaol was closed in 1845.
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In June-July 1920, assizes failed all across the south and west of Ireland.
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Assizes for the county however were held mainly or exclusively in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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He was tried for sedition in St Thomas, Jamaica, in the case cause celebre of the assizes.
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The assizes were the result of a gradual development.
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Nevertheless, he regularly appeared in the quarterly local assizes to pay heavy fines for recusancy.
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- The regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
- An ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
- (assizes) the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)
- (Assizes (Ireland)) In the Republic of Ireland the Assizes, modelled on the English system, were replaced in the early years of the Irish Free State by the Circuit Court system in accordance with the Courts of Justice Act, 1924. ...
- A session or inquiry made before a court or jury; The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors
- (assizes) sessions held twice a year in areas outside London where law cases, too serious to be tried by local justice, were presided over by circuit-riding London judges. The assizes usually commenced with great ceremony.
- In Scotland this word is occasionally and formally used to mean a jury.
- Another term for jury; also a sitting of the court in locations away from the main court centre;
- Jury, or inquest. 2. assize herring; royalty of herring due to king from herring fishermen
