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<p>The <b>assizes</b> , or <b>courts of assize</b>, were periodic courts held around England (and Wales after 1832) until 1972, when together with the <a href="page.php?w=quarter_session">quarter session</a>s they were abolished by the <a href="page.php?w=Courts_Act_1971">Courts Act 1971</a> and replaced by a single permanent <a href="page.php?w=Crown_Court">Crown Court</a>. The assizes exercised both <a href="page.php?w=Civil_law_%28common_law%29">civil</a> and <a href="page.php?w=English_criminal_law">criminal</a> jurisdiction, though most of</p><p>
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