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assizes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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as·siz·es /əˈsaɪzɪz/ noun [plural]  SCL old use a meeting of a court in which a judge who travelled to different towns in Britain dealt with cases 〔英国的〕巡回裁判庭
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assizesHe was remanded in custody until the February assizes.At Leeds assizes, the evidence of Mrs Dyson was conclusive.He campaigned tirelessly to win back the twice yearly courts or assizes, which Buckingham had lost to Aylesbury.A few weeks later he appeared at Chelmsford summer assizes, charged with causing an epidemic then raging in the town.Voice over An act of parliament was passed in 1747 which returned the summer assizes to Buckingham.But at the trial at the assizes a few months later, the name and address of the girl were both disclosed.At the assizes the evidence against him was overwhelming.Thornton was tried at the Warwick assizes on 8 August 1817.
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assizes
assizes /əˈsaɪzəz, əˈsaɪzɪz/ noun [plural]
old use a meeting of a court in which a judge who travelled to different towns in Britain dealt with cases


as·sizesBrE /əˈsaɪzɪz/ 🔊NAmE /əˈsaɪzɪz/ 🔊 noun [plural] a court in the past which travelled to each county of England and Wales (英格兰和威尔士旧时的)巡回法庭 as·size BrE /əˈsaɪz/ 🔊NAmE /əˈsaɪz/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] the assize court巡回审判法庭