eyre

Definitions


[ɛː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a circuit court held in medieval England by a judge (a justice in eyre) who rode from county to county
(e.g: in 1221 six justices went on eyre (or circuit) in the western counties)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French eire, from Latin iter ‘journey’




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