CIRCUITS
\sˈɜːkɪts], \sˈɜːkɪts], \s_ˈɜː_k_ɪ_t_s]\
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[L.] (Leg.) Eight districts visited by judges twice or thrice a year for assize, by commissions of the peace, of oyer and terminer, of general gaol delivery, and of nisi prius. The C. are the Northern, Home, Western, Oxford, Midland, Norfolk, North Wales, South Wales. The Scotch C. are Southern, Western, Northern.
By Henry Percy Smith
