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

And where was the action commenced?—Before the county magistrates,—or at sessions,—or at assize?

From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Cooper, Thomas

If one sets aside all spectacular elements in the judgment, and even denies altogether any great single final assize for all men, still he cannot avoid the thought of some judgment upon his life.

From Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) by King, Henry Churchill

It is an assize of novel disseisin brought by a certain William the son of Henry against his lord Bartholomew the son of Eustace.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul