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(ə sīz′)

noun

Historical a legislative assembly or any of its decrees
court sessions held periodically in each county of England to try civil and criminal cases
the time or place of such sessions
an inquest, the writ instituting it, or the verdict
Archaic
1. a law regulating standards of price, measure, weight, ingredients, etc. for goods to be sold
2. these standards

Origin: ME & OFr assise, court session < asseoir < L assidere: see assess

See assize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A session of a court.
b. A decree or edict rendered at such a session.
a. An ordinance regulating weights and measures and the weights and prices of articles of consumption.
b. The standards so established.
Law A judicial inquest, the writ by which it is instituted, or the verdict of the jurors.
assizes
a. One of the periodic court sessions formerly held in each of the counties of England and Wales for the trial of civil or criminal cases.
b. The time or place of such sessions.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English assise

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from

Origin: past participle of asseoir, to seat

Origin: , from Latin assidēre, to sit beside; see assiduous

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