Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Articles of the eyre
(air). Hist. A series of questions put to the members of a community by the justices in eyre to discover what breaches of the law had occurred during the court's absence. ( the inquiry enabled the justices to fine criminal behavior and to raise revenue for the crown through the levying of penalties. See eyre. C. Chapiter.
Court of the Chief Justice in Eyre
Hist. An eyre court responsible for trying offenses against the forest laws. ( The jurisdiction of this Court was similar to that of the Court of Sweinmote. - Also termed Court of Justice Seat.
eyre
[Old French eire "journey, march"] Hist. A system of royal courts sent out into the counties by the Crown to investigate allegations of wrongdoing, to try cases, and to raise revenue for the Crown through the levy of fines. ( The eyre system was abolished in the 13th century. See ARTICLES OF THE EYRE; JUSTICE IN EYRE. "In 1176 the itinerant justices were organised into six circuits .... The justices assigned to these circuits, who numbered as many as twenty or thirty at a time in the 1180s, were known as justiciae errantes (later justiciarii in itinere, justices in eyre); and the French word 'eyre' became the name of one of the most prominent forms of royal justice until the time of Edward III. Every so often a 'general eyre' would visit a county, bringing the king's government with it .... The general eyres were not merely law courts; they were a way of supervising local government through itinerant central government." J.H. Baker, An Introduction to English Legal History 19 (3d ed. 1990).
eyrer
vb. [Law French] Hist. To travel or journey; to go about."F, Is a Letter wherewith Felons, & c. are branded and marked with an hot Iron, on their being admitted to the Benefit of Clergy." Giles Jacob, A New Law-Dictionary (8th ed. 1762).
justice in eyre
Hist. One of the itinerant judges who, in medieval times, investigated allegations of wrongdoing, tried cases, and levied fines. - Also termed justicia errante; justiciar in itinere. See EYRE.