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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
2. 2
   an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property wordnet
3. 3
   The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
4. 4
   the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale wordnet
5. 5
   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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6. 6
   A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.

   "the assize of bread and other provisions"

7. 7
   Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.

   "rent of assize"

8. 8
   A measure, dimension, or size. obsolete

   "an hundred cubits high by just assize"

Verb

1. 1
   To assess; to set or fix the quantity or price. transitive

Synonyms

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appraisalapproximationassessmentcalculationcanoncomputation

Example

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"the assize of bread and other provisions"

Etymology

From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.

Related phrases

Great Assizemaiden assize

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