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Assize Court

A court in England and Wales, originally held in every county by special commission to one of the judges, who is called a "Justice of the Assize", and empowered to take assizes, that is, the verdict of a jury, called the assize.

The assize courts gradually became established as permanent institutions in particular towns. In England and Wales they were abolished in 1971 — 1972.

See also

Courts of England and Wales
Assize of Clarendon - for details of the founding of the Assize Courts

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