assize

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Divorce proceedings were fixed for 27 October 1936 at Ipswich assize court.

From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2019

Last week an assize court jury in Kingston took only ten minutes to find Johnson not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.

From Time Magazine Archive

"For the plaintiff," the foreman said, in answer to the question of the clerk of assize.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

I said nothing, but I made a note of each, and have the complete record in a certain volume which will possibly be produced one day in a court of assize.

From A Master of Deception by Marsh, Richard

Justices of assize, Justices of the Peace, and itinerant justices operated at the county level.

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.