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

"But the assizes begin to-day," he interrupted, with an air of triumph.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

These assizes do not, of course, appear in Ibelin, who was only concerned with the feudal law of the high court.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

This was quite in private conversation, and only came to light after the business of the assizes was over.

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard