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单词 eyre
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Definition of eyre in English:

eyre

noun ɛːɛr
historical
  • A circuit court held in medieval England by a judge (a justice in eyre) who rode from county to county.

    in 1221 six justices went on eyre (or circuit) in the western counties
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was the highest tribunal of the Forests, and the Chief Justice in Eyre, who presided at it, was at the head of this division of the English legislature.
    • The only sources perused systematically were the English eyre rolls, which gives, not surprisingly, a distinctly English flavor to his analysis.
    • Most of these cases are from the records of the Eyre Court of Oxfordshire in 1241.
    • The sheriffs performed much the same duties as their English counterparts, while judicial eyres administered justice, at least for the English settlers.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French eire, from Latin iter 'journey'.

 
 

Definition of eyre in US English:

eyre

nounerɛr
historical
  • A circuit court held in medieval England by a judge (a justice in eyre) who rode from county to county for that purpose.

    in 1221 six justices went on eyre (or circuit) in the western counties
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was the highest tribunal of the Forests, and the Chief Justice in Eyre, who presided at it, was at the head of this division of the English legislature.
    • Most of these cases are from the records of the Eyre Court of Oxfordshire in 1241.
    • The sheriffs performed much the same duties as their English counterparts, while judicial eyres administered justice, at least for the English settlers.
    • The only sources perused systematically were the English eyre rolls, which gives, not surprisingly, a distinctly English flavor to his analysis.

Origin

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

 
 
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