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

In 1799, an assize of bread was constituted, which was intended to prevent bakers from taking undue advantage of the public.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

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

Three shillings Scotch, at the time when this assize is supposed to have been enacted, were equal to about nine shillings sterling of our present money.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain