assize

• the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
• an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
• 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 special kind of jury or inquest
• A kind of writ or real action
• A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ
• 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
• Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc
• A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury
• 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
• The time or place of holding the court of assize
• Measure
• To assess
• To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or regulation of authority

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