assize.
A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
Meaning & usage
A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
the assize of bread and other provisions
Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
rent of assize
A measure, dimension, or size.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.
To assess; to set or fix the quantity or price.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.
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