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Definition for EYRE
EY'OT
EY'RY
EYRE
, n. [ire; Old Fr. from 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.
A court of itinerant justices. Blackstone.
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