COURTS OF ASSIZE AND NISI  PRIUS - Black's Law Dictionary

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Courts in England composed of two  or more commis- sioners, called "judges of assize," (or of "assize and  nisi prius,") who are twice in every year sent by the king's special  commission, on circuits all round the  kingdom, to try,  by a jury  of the respective counties, the truth  of such  matters of fact  as are there  under dispute in the courts of Westminster Hall.  3 Steph. Comm. 421,  422;  3 Bi. Comm.  57; 2 Odger,  Corn. Law, 985.

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