assizes
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Down to the Toulouse assizes last week he hauled the family nurse and governess, Sister Madeleine, a Dominican nun.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Ipswich assizes open this week but those at Norwich opened last week, with Sir John presenting his traditional spectacle of royal pomp.
From Time Magazine Archive
The business of the assizes began on Thursday, the 20th, and did not terminate until that day week, the 27th.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
The county is in the home circuit, and assizes are held at Hertford.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The county is in the south-eastern circuit, and assizes are held at Huntingdon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
