Justice in Eyre

• abstract: In English law, the Justices in Eyre were the highest magistrates in medieval forest law, and presided over the court of justice-seat, a triennial court held to punish offenders against the forest law and enquire into the state of the forest and its officers. (Eyre, meaning "circuit", refers to the movement of the court between the different royal forests.

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