assize
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assize
- /əˈsaɪz/
Rhymes with -aɪz
Where it comes from
From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.
noun assizes · aßize
- 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. an hundred cubits high by just assize
verb assizes · assizing · assized · aßize
- To assess; to set or fix the quantity or price.
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noun a session or inquiry made before a court or jury
| Русский | суде́бное разбира́тельство sudébnoje razbirátelʹstvo |
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title = {assize},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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