Assizes

The reforms were largely embodied in the "Assizes" issued later in the reign, but in most cases the work of reorganization had been set on foot from the beginning.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

I inquired into the meaning of "Assizes," and was informed that it signified movable Courts, for trying prisoners at given times, in various parts of England.

Poor Miss Finch Wilkie Collins 1856

This last battle on English soil was a murderous affair, as was the punishment of the rebels at the "Bloody Assizes" that followed.

Servants To Masters Allan Mallinson 2011

One would go wherever the news editor sent you, spending a week covering the Assizes, chatting up clerks of the court, coppers and barristers to find out what cases were coming up that the readers were likely to be interested in.

News of the World history: all human life was there 2011

B.H. Wood was acquitted at Birmingham Assizes on 14 July, without calling upon any evidence, of a charge of criminal libel instituted by W. Ritson Morry.

Archive 2008-09-01 2008

James McCarthy was acquitted at the Assizes on the strength of a number of objections which had been drawn out by Holmes and submitted to the defending counsel.

Sole Music 2010

In 1576, Scottish cunning woman Bessie Dunlop, executed for witchcraft and sorcery at the Edinburgh Assizes, stated that her familiar spirit had been sent to her by the Queen of Elfhame.

Archive 2010-04-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010

You are yourself aware that you will soon have to answer for your deed at a higher court than the Assizes.

Sole Music 2010

In 1576, Scottish cunning woman Bessie Dunlop, executed for witchcraft and sorcery at the Edinburgh Assizes, stated that her familiar spirit had been sent to her by the Queen of Elfhame.

Guest blogger Mary Sharratt on British Folk Magic and Familiar Spirits Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010

B.H. Wood was acquitted at Birmingham Assizes on 14 July, without calling upon any evidence, of a charge of criminal libel instituted by W. Ritson Morry.

The Friends Institute, Birmingham, and some chess and political memories 2008