assize
A session or inquiry made before a court or juryA session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
Meaning
6 sensesA session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
суде́бное разбира́тельствоsudébnoje razbirátelʹstvo
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
the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
rent of assize
(obsolete)A measure, dimension, or size.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old FreFrom Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.
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