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justice in eyre

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justice in eyre

–noun Old English Law.
See under eyre (def. 2a).

Origin:
1480–90

eyre

[air]
–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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