Meaning Assizes
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AssizesCourts sitting at regular intervals in each county of England and Wales to administer the civil and criminal law. In 1972 the civil jurisdiction of assizes was moved to the High Court and the criminal [..]
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Assizes(n) the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)
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Assizessessions held twice a year in areas outside London where law cases, too serious to be tried by local justice, were presided over by circuit-riding London judges. The assizes usually commenced with gre [..]
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Assizesthe most important courts held in most English counties, held twice a year and empowered to try *felonies and sentence convicts to death. Counties were grouped into circuits, and the Assizes were pres [..]
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AssizesA session held at regular periods in England and Wales, in each county, for the administrating of justice
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