assizes

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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

Down to the Toulouse assizes last week he hauled the family nurse and governess, Sister Madeleine, a Dominican nun.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Herefordshire was governed by a sheriff as early as the reign of Edward the Confessor, the shire-court meeting at Hereford where later the assizes and quarter sessions were also held.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various