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 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
With this she returned to the city at which the assizes had been held, just as they were concluded.
They held their assizes four times a year, listened to all complaints and accusations, and were empowered to redress all wrongs and to punish all offenders of whatever rank.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
