| 单词 | assizes |
| 释义 | assizes noun[plural] uk/əˈsaɪ.zɪz/us/əˈsaɪ.zɪz/(inWalesandEnglanduntil 1971) one or more of themeetingsof the mostimportantcourtin eachcounty, usuallyheldfourtimesayearby atravellingjudge （1971年前英格兰和威尔士的）巡回审判（庭）Official meetings
Examplesofassizesassizes It was the latter's one and only appearance as a juror at theassizes.%! From theCambridge English Corpus In the provinces, petitions were published from the pulpit and at the public meetings of quarter sessions andassizes. From theCambridge English Corpus Criminal prosecutions at theassizesalmost invariably began by the submitting of bills of indictment, and supporting depositions, to the grand jury. From theCambridge English Corpus While the leading landowners of the county continued to play a part at theassizes, they were conspicuous by their absence from the sessions juries. From theCambridge English Corpus Sometimes royalists sold their property to a third party, as noted above, who was then able to make good claims at theassizes. From theCambridge English Corpus A copy was made to be presented at the nextassizesfor inclusion in the court records. From theCambridge English Corpus In this way, much of the preparatory work regarding projects such as road and bridge building was completed out of court, and the actual meetings atassizeswere largely formalities. From theCambridge English Corpus Constitutional debates were only rarely conducted outside theassizesof the drafting groups, and in most cases the finished product, while often the subject of intense public discussion, remained unaltered. From theCambridge English Corpus Twenty-nine suspected rebels were sentenced to remain imprisoned without bail, thirteen were granted bail to appear at the nextassizes, and twenty-nine more were freed by proclamation. From theCambridge English Corpus He was forced to the trouble of obtaining a trial by special jury at the nextassizes, and sent detailed advice to ensure a list of suitably compliant jurors. From theCambridge English Corpus The case is tried not even at quarter sessions, but at theassizes, with the full panoply of an assize trial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The former (the convicted prisoners) include several prisoners who were convicted by juries atassizes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It reviews the arrangements for legal aid atassizesand quarter sessions in trials on indictment, and in magistrates' courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It did not, however, relieve them of the onerous and comparatively unremunerative work of summoning jurors and attending atassizes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A magistrates' court has no power to vary an order for disqualification from driving imposed on conviction atassizesor equivalent courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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