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–noun Old English Law.
1.a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
2.a county court held by a justice in eyre.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME eyre < AF; OF erre, deriv. of errer to journey; see err]
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–noun
Lake, a shallow salt lake in S South Australia. 3430 sq. mi. (8885 sq. km).
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n.   A circuit court held by itinerant royal justices in medieval England.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman eire, from Latin iter, journey; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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A shallow salt lake of south-central Australia. It is the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent.

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eyre

noun
a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent 

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