Eyre.
Justices in Eyre. A corruption of “Justices in itinʹere.” At first they made the circuit of the kingdom every seven years, but Magna Charta provided that it should be done annually.
Justices in Eyre. A corruption of “Justices in itinʹere.” At first they made the circuit of the kingdom every seven years, but Magna Charta provided that it should be done annually.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.