Noun : the last assize; the great assize. From Dictionary.com.
The signification of the word assizes in this connection is derived from the French verb asseoir, whose past participle is assis. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
"I thought a reeve's work to rule fairly and uncover abuses and bring criminals to justice at the assizes was the matter at hand.". From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
"We are all low people there," a tale of the assizes. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
The second trial took place at the following spring assizes at. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton] Reference
For his malicious doings he was tried at the Salisbury assizes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
He was brought to trial at the Cumberland assizes on the 15th of. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton] Reference
Cahors is the seat of a bishopric, a prefect and a court of assizes. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Guildford assizes in 1701, to support a charge of witchcraft against. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
Three days only before the assizes, came the long-expected letter from. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
Angoulême is the seat of a bishop, a prefect, and a court of assizes. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Cornwall, where at the assizes he was tried and convicted for the fact. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
One of the first of these trials took place at the Lancaster spring assizes. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
The assizes drew near, and no fresh light broke in upon this mysterious case. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
Buckinghamshire is in the midland circuit, and assizes are held at Aylesbury. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Jeffrey, presided over the assizes, they could not have been gayer or bloodier. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
'At the assizes holden at Rochester, anno 1581, one Margaret Simons, wife of John. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
He it was who held the feudal court of assizes when the lord was not present himself. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
He sends you to jail, you 're tried next assizes, and away you go swing into purgatory. From Wordnik.com. [The Beaux-Stratagem] Reference
In criminal cases the witnesses are bound over to appear at the assizes to give evidence there. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
"No! no! Ferency Szilogyi is president of the court of assizes, and a very good magistrate he is.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
During the 15th and 16th centuries ambulatory assizes diminished in both frequency and importance. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
In 1646 two hundred persons were tried and executed for witchcraft at the Sussex and Essex assizes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
At the assizes at Cork, Curran had once just entered upon his case, and stated the facts to the jury. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference
Smith was committed for trial at Stafford assizes, where he was found guilty and sentenced to be hung. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference
Some of the reports of judges who presided over criminal assizes, moreover, contain references to slavery. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
She took the case to the assizes, and when the judge heard Mr. Leeson Marshall was her landlord, he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference
The affair would go before the assizes, and in all the newspapers there would be mention of the "A.P. buttons.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Florentin Cormier before the assizes, and, assuredly, there would not be two voices in the jury for conviction. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I continued in prison till the next assizes, which are called midsummer assizes, being then kept in August, 1661. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
The town is the seat of a court of assizes and has tribunals of first instance and of commerce, and a branch of the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
It is the seat of the préfecture, the assizes, and a university -- whose college of medicine was famous in the days of. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Angers is the seat of a bishopric, dating from the 3rd century, a prefecture, a court of appeal and a court of assizes. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Hathaway, became an object of prayer in the churches, and subscriptions were raised to defray his charges at the assizes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
The first thing that met his eye was an account of the assizes, and the first case was headed, "Forgery by a Banker's Clerk.". From Wordnik.com. [Life in London or, the Pitfalls of a Great City] Reference
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