assizes

formerly in England and Wales, the sessions, usually held four times a year, of the principal court in each county, exercising civil and criminal jurisdiction, attended by itinerant judges: replaced in 1971 by Crown Courts. The term has been used in Scotland and now covers a block of time over which a number of cases are listed to be dealt with by the High Court of Justiciary.

Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

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abridge
Ad largum
Admiitendo in socium
Afforce
Afforcement of the assize
assize
Assize of mort d' ancestor
Assize, or Assise
attaint
bailiff
Central Criminal Court
Color
Consimili casu
deodand
distringas
Fifth Amendment
Henry II of England
jail delivery
justices in eyre

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