EYRE

eyre. Eyre, n. the court going on the circuits, a circuit

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Eyre (âr), n. [[OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. Errant, Itinerant, Issue.]] (O. Eng. Law) A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere). ☞ They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.