assizes

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A jury convicted Bardon, 45, at the Court of Assizes of the Somme.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2019

Now it was their turn for dread, and after sweating on their future for a few months, they appeared at Lancaster Assizes the following February.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2014

Browning was tried on 29 November 1876 at the Norwich Assizes.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2013

After they had brought in a verdict of guilty in Manchester Assizes last week, a horror-struck jury of townsfolk and farmers were rewarded in a manner almost unprecedented in the annals of British justice.

From Time Magazine Archive

My case was set down for the last session of the Court of Assizes, and that session was due to end some time in June.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus