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Definitions for Assize

[1] Usually assizes . a trial session, civil or criminal, held periodically in specific locations in England, usually by a judge of a superior court.
[2] an edict, ordinance, or enactment made at a session of a legislative assembly.
[3] an inquest before members of a jury or assessors; a judicial inquiry.
[4] an action, writ, or verdict of an assize.
[5] judgment: the last assize; the great assize.
[6] a statute for the regulation and control of weights and measures or prices of general commodities in the market.
[7] (in the US) a sitting of a legislative assembly or administrative body an enactment or order of such an assembly
[8] English history a trial or judicial inquest, the writ instituting such inquest, or the verdict
[9] Scots law trial by jury another name for jury 1

Words related to Assize

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Origin of Assize

1250–1300; Middle English asise < Old French: a sitting, noun use of feminine of asis seated at (past participle of aseeir ), equivalent to a- a-5 + -sis < Latin sēssum (sed- stem of sedēre to sit1 + -tus past participle suffix)

Word origin for Assize

C13: from Old French assise session, from asseoir to seat, from Latin assidēre to sit beside; see assess

Synonyms for Assize

assembly, court, decree, enactment, hearing, inquest, measure, ordinance, rule, session, trial, tribunal