ARTICLES OF THE EYRE

articles of the eyre (air).Hist. A series of questions put to the members of a community by the

justices in  eyre to  discover  what  breaches of  the  law  had  occurred  during  the  court’s  absence. •

The  inquiry  enabled  the  justices  to  fine  criminal  behavior  and  to  raise  revenue  for  the  Crown

through the levying of penalties. See EYRE. Cf. CHAPITER. — Also termed capitula itineris.[Blacks Law 8th]