CIRCUITS
\sˈɜːkɪts], \sˈɜːkɪts], \s_ˈɜː_k_ɪ_t_s]\
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[L.] (Leg.) Eight districts visited by judges twice or thrice a year for assize, by commissions of the peace, of oyer and terminer, of general gaol delivery, and of nisi prius. The C. are the Northern, Home, Western, Oxford, Midland, Norfolk, North Wales, South Wales. The Scotch C. are Southern, Western, Northern.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.