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Webster 1913 Edition

Eyre

Eyre

(âr)
,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Eyre

EYRE

,
Noun.
ire.
[L. iter.] Literally, a journey or circuit. In England, the justices in eyre were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit to hold courts in the different counties.
1.
A court of itinerant justices.

Definition 2024

Eyre

Eyre

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English

Proper noun

Eyre

  1. A surname​.

Derived terms

  • Eyrean

eyre

eyre

See also: Eyre

English

Noun

eyre ‎(plural eyres)

  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) A journey in circuit of certain itinerant judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).

Etymology

From Old French erre ‎(“journey, march, way”), from Latin iter, itineris ‎(“a going, way”), from the root of ire ‎(“to go”). Compare errant, itinerant, issue.

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