chapiter
chapiter (chap-[schwa]-t[schwa]r). [Law French] Hist. A list of matters drawn up by the king to be pre-sented before the justices in eyre, justices of assise, or justices of the peace. — Also spelled chapitre. Cf. AR-TICLES OF THE EYRE.
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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
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