In concert with the curia regis, eyre circuits staffed by itinerant judges dispensed justice throughout the country, operating on fixed paths at certain times. |
Carlyle took a leading part in the defence of Governor eyre. |
Dr. eyre has subjected his work to a most searching revision. |
The only sources perused systematically were the English eyre rolls, which gives, not surprisingly, a distinctly English flavor to his analysis. |
The enforcement of the possessory assizes and measures against crime was now entrusted to royal justices, sent out on eyre to act as the king's agents. |
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. |