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

Some ludicrous misconceptions of equivocal terms or some ridiculous phraseology have been recorded in other counties, among the judges and the bar at a county assize.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

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

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