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a jury summoned for the purpose of try- a cause, or rather a Court of Jurisdiction which: a jury by a Commi ion of A ize to take a izes. Hence the judicia] a emblies held by King’s commi ion in every county as well to the gaols as to take indictments and to causes at Nisi Prius, are commonly termed the There are two commi ions: ") General, is i ued twice a year to the judges of the Court of Justice, two judges being usually as to every circuit. (C1rcu1Ts.] The judges have several commi ions: 1. Of oyer and terminer, to them and many other gentlemen of the by which they are cmpowered to try felonies, etc. This is the largest com- 2. Of gaol delivery, directed to the judges the clerk of a ize a ociate, empowering them try every prisoner in the gao) committed for any whatsoever so as to clear the prisons. Of nisi prius, directed to the judges, the clerks a ize, and others, by which civil causes, in which ° has been joined in one of the Divisions of the: Court of Justice, are tried on circuit by a of twelve men of the county in which the /é is laid. [Nis1 Prius.] 4. A commi ion of peace, by which all justices are bound to be at their county a izes, besides the sheriffs give attendance to the judges or else suffer a (6) The other division of commi ions is granted to certain judges to try certain and crimes. (See Stephen’s Commentaries.) holding of winter and ey a izes is reguby orders in council i ued from time to time the Winter Se ions Acts, 1876, and 1877, the Spring A izes Act, 1879. A ociation of Ideas, in Psychology, the in the mind between two ideas, s0 that é 256 A onance. ( 230 eee. the one tends to recall the other. Thus the sight of a particular place may recall an event which has happened there; the mention of a particular word in a conversation may recall a previous conversation. The laws which govern the a ociation of ideas are those of contiguity and similarity. Thus, for instance, an action or idea which has occurred simultancously or in close succe ion to another, recalls the second when it (the first) is again presented to the mind; and similarly with respect to actions or ideas which have any resemblance to each other. Some psychologists hold that other laws-—-such as the laws of contrariety, analogy, etc. —exist; but most agree that all are reducible to the two above-mentioned. ‘These laws, virtually stated by Aristotle in his treatise on AMemury, have been given a most important place in psychology by Hartley and Hume (18th century), and by James and J. 8. Mill, Herbert Spencer, and Prof. Bain (19th century).