assize

Example Sentences

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The trial at the Special Assize Court of Appeal in Paris is set to last until February 27.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Ruxton went into the dock at the Assize Court in Manchester five months after the bodies were found.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

The case is due to be next heard at Paphos Assize Court on 5 December.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2022

The Assize of Clarendon, in 1166, which initiated the use of the jury in English criminal justice, described 12 local men to “speak the truth” about “any man accused or notoriously suspect” in their regions.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2017

But the words that had convicted him had been her very own, read out loud on her behalf in the Assize Court.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan