Definitions for Assize
əˈsaɪzas·size

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assizenoun

   the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale

2. assizenoun

   an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assizenoun

   A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.

2. assizenoun

   The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.

3. Etymology: assises, assidere

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ASSIZEnoun

   Etymology: assise, a sitting, Fr.

   1. An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with the bailiff or justice, in a certain place, and at a certain time.2. A jury.3. An ordinance or statute.4.The court, place, or time, where and when the writs and processes of assize are taken. John Cowell

   The law was never executed by any justices of assize, but the people left to their own laws. John Davies, on Ireland.

   At each assize and term we try
   A thousand rascals of as deep a dye. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   5. Any court of justice.

   The judging God shall close the book of fate,
   And there the last assizes keep,
   For those who wake, and those who sleep. Dryden.

   6. Assize of bread, ale, &c. Measure, or quantity. Thus it is said, when wheat is of such a price, the bread shall be of such assize.7. Measure; rate: for which we now use size. See Size.

   On high hill’s top I saw a stately frame,
   An hundred cubits high by just assize,
   With hundred pillars. Edmund Spenser, Vision of Bellay.

2. To Assizeverb

   To fix the rate of any thing by an assize or writ.

   Etymology: from the noun.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assize

   Assize is a historical term for a court or judicial assembly, or the legislative session or decree made by these courts. It originally referred to a procedure in medieval England, and the ordinances, regulations, or decrees issued by these sessions were also referred to as Assizes. It's also used to refer a trial session, especially a periodical one, convened in specific locations across England and Wales. Later, it was used more broadly to describe any similar legal concepts in other countries.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assizenoun

   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

2. Assizenoun

   a special kind of jury or inquest

3. Assizenoun

   a kind of writ or real action

4. Assizenoun

   a verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ

5. Assizenoun

   a statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures

6. Assizenoun

   anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize

7. Assizenoun

   a court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury

8. Assizenoun

   the periodical sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; -- usually in the plural

9. Assizenoun

   the time or place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes

10. Assizenoun

    measure; dimension; size

11. Assize

    to assess; to value; to rate

12. Assize

    to fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or regulation of authority

13. Etymology: [OE. assise, asise, OF. assise, F. assises, assembly of judges, the decree pronounced by them, tax, impost, fr. assis, assise, p. p. of asseoir, fr. L. assidre to sit by; ad + sedre to sit. See Sit, Size, and cf. Excise, Assess.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assize

   as-sīz′, v.t. to assess: to set or fix the quantity or price.—n. a statute settling the weight, measure, or price of anything: (Scot.) a trial by jury, the jury: judgment, sentence, the Last Judgment: (pl.) the sessions or sittings of a court held periodically in English counties, at which causes are tried by judges of the High Court of Justice on circuit and a jury.—n. Assiz′er, an officer who inspects weights and measures. [O. Fr. assise, an assembly of judges, a set rate—asseoir—L. assidēre.]

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1. • Law
   • Regulation
   • Writ

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Assize in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Assize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Assize
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assize
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Assize
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Assize
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Assize