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

They were used, like the assizes of the high court, in Cyprus; and, like the other assizes, they were made the subject of investigation in 1531, with the object of discovering a good text.

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

At this moment of condemnation you refer to your intention of obtaining my discharge at these assizes.

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