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Hilary Sittings
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Winter circuit
occasional circuit appointed for the trial of prisoners, and in some cases of civil causes, between Michaelmas and Hilary Sittings. See Winter Assize Act, 1876, and ASSIZE. But of late years the circuit held in spring has been
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Terms
periods during which the superior courts at Westminster were open. The legal year consists of four terms: Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter, and Trinity (which see), the year beginning with Michaelmas Term. The commencement and duration of the terms … Court,' the High Court and Court of Appeal may sit at any time. see R.S.C. Ord. LXIII., and SITTINGS. Our university terms are different from the law terms; and the dining terms at the Inns of Court
Circuits
England and Wales, appointed for the judges to go formerly twice a year, in the respective vacations after Hilary and Trinity terms, but more recently oftener, and at no precisely fixed periods, to administer justice in the … in Council. By Order in Council of 2nd August, 1910 (amending an order of June 28, 1909), continuous sittings are established for civil business at Manchester and Liverpool, a judge of the K.B.D. being assigned for the
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