Assize

What do we mean by assize?

A judicial inquest, the writ by which it is instituted, or the verdict of the jurors. noun

A decree or edict rendered at such an inquest. noun

One of the periodic court sessions formerly held in each of the counties of England and Wales for the trial of civil or criminal cases. noun

The time or place of such sessions. noun

In a general sense, to fix; appoint.

To fix the rate of; assess, as taxes.

To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or authoritative regulation.

In geological classification, the French equivalent of the term bed, constituting one of the minor subdivisions in geology. An assize, or bed, is composed of two or more zones; two or more assizes, or beds, constitute a group, stage, or étage. noun

Originally, a sitting or session of a legislative body or court. noun

Hence An edict, ordinance, or enactment made at such a session or sitting, or issued by such a body. noun

A jury, or trial by jury: now used only in Scotland with reference to criminal causes. See grand assize, below. noun

A name given to certain writs commanding juries to be summoned for the trial of causes: as, assize of novel disseizin, the ancient common-law remedy for the recovery of the possession of lands. noun

The verdict of a jury in such a case. noun

The periodical session held by royal commission by at least one of the judges of the superior courts directed to take the assizes or verdicts of a particular jury (anciently called the assize), in each of the counties of England and Wales (with the exception of London and the parts adjoining), for the purpose of trying issues nisi prius and jail-delivery for criminal cases: popularly called the assizes. noun

In a more general sense, any court or session of a court of justice. noun

Situation; place. noun

Judgment: as, the last or great assize (that is, the last judgment or last day). noun

Sometimes spelled assise. noun

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.

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

Measure; dimension; size.

Words that are spelled similarly to assize:
assize, assise.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word assize:
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Words that rhyme with assize:
dassies, glass eyes, bass size, class size, das eis, glass size, mass size.

Adjectives that are often used to describe assize:
grand, great, bloody, last, next, final, special, lawful, famous, general, possessory, ancient, black, solemn, petty, criminal, western, heavenly, stern, regular, provincial, autumnal, occasional, earlier, awful, royal, divine, due, harsh, subsequent, notorious, extraordinary, world, generall, fatal, imperial, terrible, scarce, tremendous, intermediate, century, medieval, judicial, called, ecclesiastical, feudal, fierce, just, constituted.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective assize:
time, court, town, courts, roll, towns, week, herring, ball, sermon, trial, herrings, room, hall, arms, times, balls, rolls, business, rooms, president, districts, centres.

Consonant match to assize:
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Words that sound like assize:
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