| 词汇 | assizes |
| 释义 | assizes noun[ plural ] uk /əˈsaɪ.zɪz/ us /əˈsaɪ.zɪz/ (in Wales and England until 1971) one or more of the meetings of the most important court in each county, usually held four times a year by a travelling judge（1971年前英格兰和威尔士的）巡回审判（庭） Official meetings AGM brainstorming session breakout room call for papers caucus closed session conference convoke council of war powwow quorate scrum secretary session sit sitting skull session speaking engagement symposium teleconferencing Examples of assizesassizes It was the latter's one and only appearance as a juror at the assizes.%! In the provinces, petitions were published from the pulpit and at the public meetings of quarter sessions and assizes. Criminal prosecutions at the assizes almost invariably began by the submitting of bills of indictment, and supporting depositions, to the grand jury. While the leading landowners of the county continued to play a part at the assizes, they were conspicuous by their absence from the sessions juries. Sometimes royalists sold their property to a third party, as noted above, who was then able to make good claims at the assizes. A copy was made to be presented at the next assizes for inclusion in the court records. 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 at assizes were largely formalities. Constitutional debates were only rarely conducted outside the assizes of the drafting groups, and in most cases the finished product, while often the subject of intense public discussion, remained unaltered. Twenty-nine suspected rebels were sentenced to remain imprisoned without bail, thirteen were granted bail to appear at the next assizes, and twenty-nine more were freed by proclamation. He was forced to the trouble of obtaining a trial by special jury at the next assizes, and sent detailed advice to ensure a list of suitably compliant jurors. The case is tried not even at quarter sessions, but at the assizes, with the full panoply of an assize trial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The former (the convicted prisoners) include several prisoners who were convicted by juries at assizes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It reviews the arrangements for legal aid at assizes and quarter sessions in trials on indictment, and in magistrates' courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It did not, however, relieve them of the onerous and comparatively unremunerative work of summoning jurors and attending at assizes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A magistrates' court has no power to vary an order for disqualification from driving imposed on conviction at assizes or equivalent courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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