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Assizes

The assizes (/əˈsaɪzɪz/), or courts of assize, were periodic courts held around England (and Wales after 1832) until 1972, when together with the quarter sessions they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court. The assizes exercised both civil and criminal jurisdiction, though most of their work was on the…

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Assizes of the Empire

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Circuits

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Assizes

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related to Circuits · 101
Assizes → Abingdon, Appleby, As, Aylesbury, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bodmin, Bridgwater, Bristol, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Cornwall, County Durham, Coventry
related to 19th and 20th centuries · 18
Assizes → Central Criminal Court, Chester, City, Court, Few, From, Great Sessions, High Court, Judicature, Judicature Act, Justice, London, London's, Middlesex, Supreme Court, The, The Supreme Court, Wales
related to history · 15
Assizes → Assize, Before Magna Carta, Clarendon, Common Pleas, Court, Exchequer, For, In, King Henry II, King's Bench, Pleas, The, This, Westminster, With
see also · 13
Assizes → Assize, Cambridge University Press, Chisholm, Cockburn, Encyclopædia Britannica, English Assizes, History, Hugh, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Vol, Wikisource-logo
related to Assizes of the Empire · 8
Assizes → British Empire, British South Africa, Many, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New York, Province, Straits Settlements, These
related to Assize records · 1
Assizes → The National Archives

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Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesWales0.60section
Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesChester0.60section
Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesCourt0.60section
Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesGreat Sessions0.60section
Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesThe0.60section
Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesCity0.60section
Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesLondon0.60section
Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesMiddlesex0.60section
Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesCentral Criminal Court0.60section
Assizesrelated to 19th and 20th centuriesLondon's0.60section

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