Home Circuit
(UK, legal, historical) The southeastern circuit of assize, including the Home Counties (except Middlesex) and Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
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(UK, legal, historical) The southeastern circuit of assize, including the Home Counties (except Middlesex) and Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
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