Eyre, Justices In

Eyre, justices in [fr. eyre, Fr.; iter, Lat.], the Court of justices itinerant, whom Bracton in many places calls justiciarios itinerantes; called in modern times the judges of assize, who have travelled on their several circuits since their first appointment by the statute of nisi prius, 13 Edw. 1, st. 1, c. 30. The eyre of the forest is nothing but the justice-seat, which is, or should by ancient custom be, held every three years by the justices of the forest, journeying up and down for such purpose.