Assizes
[ə'saɪzɪz]
Definition
(noun.) the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts).
Edited by Jessica--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Sessions (of the superior courts in the counties of England).
Checked by Groves
Examples
- Whether he could rush to the next assizes, and proclaim himself a lawyer? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You'll every one of you be hanged at the next assizes, if you don't mind, said Fred, who afterwards laughed heartily as he remembered his own phrases. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The season of the assizes approached. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The men tried at the assizes are not all over-religious, I suppose. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The evidence against him was so strong that the case has been referred to the Assizes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- You are yourself aware that you will soon have to answer for your deed at a higher court than the Assizes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I give you my word that I would have spoken out if it went against him at the Assizes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: William