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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Eire, Eier, Eyer. L. Fr. A Eng, [Scotch ayre, ayr; from Lat. iter^ a journey.J In old English law. A jonmey; the journey or circuit of the king's justices. Britt. c. 2. See Eire. The court of the justices itinerant, or justices in eyre. Britt. c. 2. Co, Litt. 293. Gilb. C. Pleas, Introd. 23. 1 Beeves' Hist. Eng. Law, 52. Spelman, voc. Iter.