noun
Meaning 1
A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
assize
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/əˈsaɪz/
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rhymes with -aɪz
noun
Meaning 2
The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
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noun
Meaning 4
A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the assize of bread and other provisions
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noun
Meaning 5
Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- rent of assize
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noun
Meaning 6
A measure, dimension, or size.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 7
To assess; to set or fix the quantity or price.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 8
an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: writ, judicial writ
noun
Meaning 9
the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: regulation, ordinance
History
Etymology
From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: sisa — a session or inquiry made before a court or jury
- Latin: assisa — a session or inquiry made before a court or jury
- Russian: суде́бное разбира́тельство (sudébnoje razbirátelʹstvo) — a session or inquiry made before a court or jury