COURT OF ASSIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)

Synonyms:

assizes; court of assize; court of assize and nisi prius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("court of assize" is a kind of...):

court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)

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