Meaning & use
Eyre
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A circuit or journey, especially the periodic circuit made by itinerant justices in medieval England to hold court in different counties.
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The royal justices traveled on eyre, hearing cases in each county they visited.
Historians study the rolls of the eyre to understand medieval English law.
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The term survives mainly in the historical legal phrase 'justice in eyre,' referring to judges who rode circuit courts under early English kings.
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