assizen.

Brit.

/əˈsʌɪz/, U.S.

/əˈsaɪz/

Forms: Middle English asise, Middle English–1500s assyse, Middle English assys, Middle English–1500s asyse, assiss(e, Middle English assis, assyze, acyse, asyce, 1500s assyce, assies, Middle English–1800s assise, Middle English– assize. apheticMiddle English–1500s syse, 1500s sise: see also size n.¹

Etymology: < Old French asise, assise, ‘act of sitting down, sitting, seat, siege; act of setting, settlement, fixation of imposts, assessment; appointment, regulation; regular mode, manner;’ substantive use of feminine singular of a(s)sis , past participle of asseoir , Old French aseeir ‘to sit at, set down, settle, assess’ < Latin assidēre to sit at, sit down to: compare assess v. Analogous to nouns in -ata , -ada , French -ée , from past participles It is not clear whether the intransitive idea of ‘a sitting,’ or the transitive one of ‘a thing settled,’ was the original sense; perhaps both were equally early: see Stubbs Const. Hist. §160, where the suggestion is also made that in the latter sense assize was used to translate Old English gesetniss , Middle English isetnesse , statute. In the sense of ‘assessment,’ assise was early corrupted to acise , accise , now corruptly excise n. In that of ‘measurement’ aphetized as size n.¹

I. Legislative sitting, statute, statutory measure or manner.

†1. A sitting or session of a consultative or legislative body. Obsolete.Applied in Old French to the sitting of the King's Council, but perhaps not in English. See sense 2. Jus Municipale Normann. i. v. vi. (in Du Cange) Assise est une assemblée de plusieurs sages hommes en la Cour del Prince, en laquelle cen qui y sera jugié, doit avoir perdurable fermeté.

†2.

a. The decree or edict made at such a sitting. Obsolete exc. Historical.Applied specifically in English Hist to various formal edicts, named sometimes from the place where they were made, sometimes from the subject with which they were concerned; e.g. Assize of Clarendon, Assize of Arms, Assize of the Forest, Assize of Measures, Assize of Bread and Ale, etc. Assizes of Jerusalem, the code of jurisprudence for the new kingdom of Jerusalem, established by the Crusaders in 1099.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute

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ordinationc1499

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1164 Hoveden Assisæ Henrici Regis factæ apud Clarendonum.]

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 301 Þe chartre of franchise conferm it ȝow he salle, & of þe first assise as his fader gaf it alle.

1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) sig. S vii The reason of the statute of assise of bread and ale.

1642 King Charles I Answer conc. Commission of Array 63 Assizes (or Assessements) of Arms.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 66 By an ordinance in 27 Hen. II. called the assise of arms, it was provided that every man's armour should descend to his heir.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. vii. 146 Their code of law was the Assises of Jerusalem.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. xiii. 573 The formal edicts known under the name of Assizes, the Assizes of Clarendon and Northampton, the Assize of Arms, the Assize of the Forests, and the Assizes of Measures, are the only relics of the legislative work of the period [of Henry II.]

†b. Hence gen. Ordinance, appointment, regulation, established order. rent of assize (in the Assizes of Clarendon 1164, Assisus reditus): a fixed rent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > [noun]

righteOE

lawa1000

assize1303

droit1480

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > fixed

rent of assize1523

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 804 Come blelyche to þe seruyse Whan holy chyrche settyþ asyse.

c1320 Seuyn Sages 2490 Thine seuen wise, That han i-wrowt ayen the assise.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 11^v Also it is to be enquered, who be fre tenauntes..and what they yelde by the yere of rent of Assise.

†3. esp. Ordinances regulating weights and measures, and the weight and price of articles of general consumption (assisæ venalium); e.g. the Assize of Measures in reign of Henry II, Assize of Bread and Ale 51 Henry III, etc. Also gen. Rule of trade. Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > types of laws > [noun] > commercial or revenue

sizea1300

assizea1330

indiction1586

poll bill1641

frumentarian law1652

statute of the staple1657

statute of frauds1678

Gin Act1730

Pot Act1733

Stamp Act1765

Stamp-Bill1765

corn law1766

Bumboat Act1796

Maine law1852

permissive bill1864

lemon law1981

a1330 Poem temp. Edw. II (1849) lxxiii Somtyme wer marchants That trewly bout and sold, Now is thilk assise i-broke.

1473–4 Act 12 & 13 Edw. IV in Enactments Parl. conc. Univ. Oxf. & Cambr. (1869) 9 The kepyng of assise of brede, wyne, and ale.

1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §15 He shal cause offendors which have broken thassise to be punished.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 149 They keip not..the assise (lawes) anent the bread, wyne, aill and fleshe.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 157 The assize of bread, or the rules laid down by law, and particularly by statute 31 Geo. II. c. 29. and 3 Geo. III. c. 11. for ascertaining it's price in every given quantity.

1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 89 The act of 51 Henry III. (1266), is called the assize of bread and of ale.

4. The statutory regulation or settling of the price of bread and of ale, with reference to that of grain, in accordance with the aforesaid ordinances.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > regulating prices by standard

assize1447

assizingc1638

1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 91 Thine predecessours have had assize of bred and of ale.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. i. ii. xviii. 294 In these markets..assises of bread..are not anie whit looked unto.

1638 J. Penkethman (title) Artachthos or a new booke declaring the assise or weight of bread.

1876 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) xx. 12 The assize of bread, that is the regulation of its price by the price of wheat.

5. The standard of quantity, measure, or price ordained by such ordinances; hence, customary, required, or prescriptive standard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures > an authorized measuring standard

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standing measure1556

Johansson1918

a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 80 Þan was it schorter þan þe assise.

1466 Paston Lett. II. 268 For vii. barels bere, xviis. vid. For a barel of the grettest assyse iiis. iiiid.

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 2 Xxxv. men..sworne to mayntayne the assies in London.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iv. 211 They presented the said Were to be over high and..inhaunced above the ancient assize.

1710 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 586 Last week a baker was convicted for selling bread under the assize.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 275 It was ordained that..the custody of the assise or standard of weights and measures shall be committed to certain persons.

1813 Examiner 15 Mar. 160/1 The Lord Mayor..has ordered the price of Bread to rise half an assize.

1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 229 Laws regulating the assize of casks.

†6. Hence: Measurement, dimensions. Obsolete. (Now size n.¹)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun]

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dimense1632

dimensity1655

bulkiness1674

bulksomeness1674

admeasurement1754

calliper1819

acreage1846

1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. 293 Iiij. peces of redde wusted of the grettest asyse.

a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1557 ‘A lytull lower, syr,’ seyde hee..‘Now are we bothe at oon assyse!’

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aiij^v Put out no puffes, nor thwackyng words Words of to large assyce.

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. A pretty little whip-iacke, of lesse then ordinary assise, in a blew iacket.

†7. Measure, extent (of things immaterial). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun]

prickOE

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rate1523

size1534

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assize1625

proportion1641

process1655

to a certain extent1671

intensity1794

level1897

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 316 The power of the keyes are to both alike in equall assise.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) ii. 83 A false surmise, that Prophecies and Promises be of like assise.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 166 Every event, of any considerable assise.

†8. Mode, manner, fashion; quality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun]

wayeOE

costOE

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gatec1175

custc1275

form1297

guise13..

mannerc1300

kindc1330

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fashionc1400

reason?c1400

method1526

voye1541

how1551

way1563

garb1600

quality1600

mould1603

quomodo1623

modus1648

mode1649

turn1825

road1855

gait1866

methodology1932

stylee1982

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute

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kindOE

thingOE

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assizea1375

propertyc1390

principlea1398

conditionc1460

faculty1490

predicatea1513

epitheton1547

passion1570

propriety1584

affection1588

attribute1603

qualification1616

appropriate1618

intimacy1641

bedighting1674

belonger1674

cleaver1674

interiority1701

internal property1751

predicable1785

coloration1799

internality1839

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4451 It is geinli greiþed in a god asise.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 144 First they..ben hard, and thilke assise Betokeneth in a king constaunce.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 844 As in þe asyse of Sodomas to seggez þat passen.

c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 830 Shypmen..Dyght her takull on ryche acyse.

†9. Site, situation, position. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun]

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placea1375

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sitea1398

assizec1400

position?a1425

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stound1557

planting1585

location1592

positure1600

posture1605

seat1607

situs1629

ubi1630

ubiety1645

locus1648

locality1656

topography1658

whereness1674

lie1697

spot1769

locus standi1809

possie1916

ubicity1922

c1400 Rom. Rose 900 Floures..of many gise Sett by compas in assise.

c1400 Rom. Rose 1237 Ther nas a poynt, trewely, That it nas in his right assise.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. clxxxxiiii^v/2 In all other thynges he kepte the myddell assyse.

†10. ? Commodity; article; manner of thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > an article or kind of

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assizec1300

merchandise?a1425

commodity1429

commodie1575

parcel1612

article1618

pitch1866

ware1881

c1300 K. Alis. 7074 Whan ther comes marchaundise, With corn, wyn, and steil, othir other assise.

II. A trial in which sworn assessors or jurymen decide questions of fact; a judicial inquest.

11.

a. Originally applied to: All legal proceedings of the nature of inquests or recognitions, fiscal, civil, or criminal.Esp. the Grand or Great Assize, recognition as to the right of the claimant in a writ of right, substituted in the reign of Henry II for trial by battle, the assizes of Mort d'ancestre, Novel disseisin, and Darreine presentment, named in Magna Carta.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > judicial inquiry

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assize1297

inquisition1387

questa1393

examinationc1410

judicial inquiry1702

tribunal1916

c1290 Britton iii. iv. §28 Qe le tenaunt se puse mettre en juree a la semblaunce de graunt assise, i.e. that the tenant may put himself on a jury after the manner of a great assize.]

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 429 False sueryars of assyses.

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 64 He was chefe justise, Agayn þe erle Godwyn he gert sette assise.

1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. ii. 60 The cause..was decided either by the duel, or, under the great improvement of the law effected by an ordinance of Henry II..by the grand assize: that is, by the verdict of twelve milites of the neighbourhood, chosen by four other milites summoned by the sheriff for the purpose.

b. Hence, an action to be decided by such a trial; also applied to the writ by which it is instituted.

ΚΠ

a1481 T. Littleton Tenures (1482) ii. sig. cvii Il poet auer assise de nouell disseisin enuers le tenaunt.]

c1574 Transl. He may have an Assise of novel disseisin against the tenant.

a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 7 And the disseisee bring his assize in the Court of the Lord.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 28^v Assise is a writ, and it lyeth where any man is put out of his lands, tenements..and so disseised of his freehold.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lxvii. 254 In case the Lord would hold the Wardship longer then the full age of the heire, an Assize did lie against the Lord.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 221 An assise of nusance is a writ, wherein it is stated that the party injured complains of some fact done.

1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. ii. 81 The writ of assize of Mort d'Ancestor was perhaps instituted by the ordinance called the Assize of Northampton, a.d. 1176.

12. Hence (usually in plural): The sessions held periodically in each county of England, for the purpose of administering civil and criminal justice, by judges acting under certain special commissions (chiefly and usually, but not exclusively, being ordinary judges of the superior courts, or, after 1875, of the Supreme Court).It was provided by Magna Carta that the judges should visit each county once every year to take assizes (i.e. try writs of assize) of novel disseisin, mort d'ancestre, and darreine presentment (so that the jury who constituted the Grand Assize (see 11) might not be obliged to travel from remote corners of England to appear in court at Westminster). Thence the names assizes, and justices or judges of assize, still retained by these circuit courts and itinerant judges, after their judicial functions had been greatly extended in various directions, especially in that of the trial of felonies and offences.Assizes were abolished by the Courts Act, 1971; their criminal jurisdiction was transferred to the Crown Courts.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of shire or part of shire > held periodically

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shire-court1376

county?1387

assizec1405

view of frankpledge1495

county courtc1520

quarter sessions1538

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > other types of action

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trespass on the case1429

action of detinue1467

mortancestry1471

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non-finding1525

nisi prius1533

faint action1542

interpleadera1558

improbationc1575

assize1577

assumpsit1586

transitory action1594

trover1594

suit of the King's peace1607

detinuea1626

quia timet1628

choke-baila1637

reprobator1672

spulyie1678

petitory action1681

proprium1695

restitution of conjugal rights1720

amicable suit1768

noxal action1774

real action1818

witness action1892

class suit1894

non-jury1897

foreclosure action1905

class action1910

derivative action1934

paternity suit1945

1215 Magna Carta Duos Justiciarios..qui..capiant in comitatu et in die et loco comitatus assisas predictas.]

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 316 Iustice he was ful often in Assise By patente and by pleyn commissioun.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 127 The gentylmen of the scyre wych have authoryte therin in the sessyonys & sysys.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. vii. sig. M.viij^v/2 At Sessions or Assises, parties appeare and sue one an other.

1629 Vse of Law 23 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light The 3. commission that the Iudges of Circuits have, is, a Commission directed to themselves onely to take Assizes, by which they are called Iustices of Assize, and the Office of those Iustices is to doe right vpon Writs called Assizes, brought before them by such as are wrongfully thrust out of their Lands.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 150 Some few Counties, whither the King sent some Judges of Assize.

1759 S. Johnson Idler 3 Mar. 65 Finery for the assizes and horse-races.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. viii. 469 The judges of assize were directed to inculcate on their circuits the necessary obligation of forwarding the king's service by complying with his writ.

1885 N.E.D. at Assize Mod. Tried for murder at the Maidstone assizes.

13. In Scotland:

a. A trial by jury.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by jury

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assize1487

trial per pais1614

jury-trial1821

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 55 [Thai] war with ane assiss [1489 Adv. a sys] thar ourtane.

a1605 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 128 He went through the street to the Tolbooth to undergo his assize.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 61 Ane Assise may proceid agains ane man absent being lawfullie summoned.

a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 67 If the offender abide an assise, and by the same be absolved.

b. The jury or panel.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun]

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panelc1400

size1488

assize1528

the twelve men1589

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xix This name assise somtyme is put for the iury.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 108 The names of the assyiss are thir; the erle of Cassillis, etc.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 157 Of them quha spares the ritch men, and summons the pure men to passe vpon the assise.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 61 The Assise in the breive of richt, is of twelue sworne men.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 23 The fact being only referred to the jury or assize as they call it.

†14. Judgement, sentence; deliverance of opinion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun]

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redeOE

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c1314 Guy Warw. 13 Herkeneth now, hou seith the wise? Y schal you schewe bi this asise.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 19344 Vr eldrin god did iesu rise..þe quilk ȝe hang wid fals assise.

1426 J. Audelay Poems 49 Thus sayd David forssoth in the Sautere, And verefyus in asise the love of our Lord.

?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Biiii Perchaunce an issue hereon may be ioynt, Whereon thassise foorthwith we may award.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. §14 Let us call to assize the loves of our parents.

15. With great, last, etc.: The Last Judgement.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse

world's endeOE

dayOE

doomsdayc975

world-endOE

'pocalypseOE

last dayc1275

judgementa1325

assize1340

Great Dayc1350

accounta1400

day of retributiona1400

latter day1533

Judgement Day1544

audit1548

after-reckoning1567

revelation-day1654

Fifth monarchy1655

long account1665

account day1671

kingdom come1858

the last (also final, great) round-up1879

eschaton1935

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5514 Þe haythen men at þat grete assys Sal þan be halden als men rightwys.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22781 For to deme bath ded and quick..All þat sal be at þat a-sise.

a1400 Cov. Myst. 60 Ȝoure soulys may thei save at the last asyse.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle i. v. 5 The grete assises, at which oure noble gloryous kyng wyl descende presentely in his owne persone.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 68 Where Life still liues, where God his Sises holds.

1620 T. Dekker Dreame sig. C1 That Lord, by his Owne Subiects Crucified, Lo, at this Grand Assize comes Glorified.

a1708 W. Beveridge Private Thoughts Relig. (1709) 144 At the great..Assizes of the World.

1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Nov. 54 Till summon'd to the last assize.

†16. transferred. The office of judge, the action of judging, censorship. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > person engaged in > office or function of

censorship1591

censureship1606

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censure1663

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 47 The Roman censor a civil function, to that severe assise of survaying and controuling the privatest, and sliest manners of all men and all degrees had no jurisdiction,..no punitive force annext.

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses 90 The judges..who had elected been By publick vote, of games to hold assize.

III. Isolated senses from French.

†17. Siege, besieging. (So in Old French) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun]

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obsidionc1429

assizec1430

assieginga1450

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besiegement1564

assiegement1577

investion1590

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beleaguering1603

blocking1637

investiture1649

blockade1659

begirting1660

investment1702

beleaguerment1826

c1430 Syr Generides 8889 Generides by manly asise Hath beseged the tone of Vise..That noon may passe out I-wis.

†18.

a. Fixation of imposts, imposition, tax. Obsolete. (See excise n., a corrupt form of this word.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun]

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taxing1413

levy1427

taxation1447

finance?c1475

taxage1483

levying1496

raisec1500

talliation1531

leviation1538

lay1558

tousting1565

stenting1587

cuttinga1599

imposing1610

assize1642

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xvii. 211 When one hath seene the Tally and taillage of France, the Milstone of Spaine, the Assise of Holland..hee will blesse God, and love England better ever after.

†b. assize-herring n. Obsolete a royalty of one thousand herrings due three times a year during the season to the kings of Scotland from each boat engaged in the herring fishery.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] > paid in produce

scat haver1344

scat malt1438

assize-herring1597

forester oats1794

tribute rice1853

1597 Act 15 Jas. VI §237 The..assise herring perteinis to our Soveraine Lorde, as ane part of his customes, and annexed propertie.

1673 H. Stubbe Further Iustification War against Netherlands App. 128 The King could not alienate the Royalty of the Assize-herring, by the Laws of Scotland.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

assize-ball n.

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1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. xiv. 215 The dancing was not quite like..what we see at an assize or race-ball in a country town.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. i. 13 The assize-balls had been discontinued.

† assize business n. Obsolete

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1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 202 I..desired for this Assise-Assembly, to choose a Text as neere as I could of equall latitude with the Assise-Businesse.

assize court n.

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1857 W. M. Thackeray Fitz-Boodle's Profess. in Misc. Wks. IV. 29 Confounded new policemen and the assize-courts prevent that.

assize town n.

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1812 Sir S. Romily in Examiner 7 Sept. 573/2 The duty of a Sheriff was..to ride..before the Judges, into an Assize town.

assize-week n.

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1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 7 503 Some years ago..I acted in Lancaster during the assize week.

C2.

assize sermon n. a sermon preached at the holding of assizes.

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society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of > preached at the holding of assizes

assize sermon1699

1699 S. Sewall Let.-bk. (1886) I. 216 Mr. Noyes..preached an excellent Assize Sermon.

1859 C. Reade Love me Little iii Shall you go to the assize sermon?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	assize
释义	assizen. Brit. /əˈsʌɪz/, U.S. /əˈsaɪz/ Forms: Middle English asise, Middle English–1500s assyse, Middle English assys, Middle English–1500s asyse, assiss(e, Middle English assis, assyze, acyse, asyce, 1500s assyce, assies, Middle English–1800s assise, Middle English– assize. apheticMiddle English–1500s syse, 1500s sise: see also size n.¹ Etymology: < Old French asise, assise, ‘act of sitting down, sitting, seat, siege; act of setting, settlement, fixation of imposts, assessment; appointment, regulation; regular mode, manner;’ substantive use of feminine singular of a(s)sis , past participle of asseoir , Old French aseeir ‘to sit at, set down, settle, assess’ < Latin assidēre to sit at, sit down to: compare assess v. Analogous to nouns in -ata , -ada , French -ée , from past participles It is not clear whether the intransitive idea of ‘a sitting,’ or the transitive one of ‘a thing settled,’ was the original sense; perhaps both were equally early: see Stubbs Const. Hist. §160, where the suggestion is also made that in the latter sense assize was used to translate Old English gesetniss , Middle English isetnesse , statute. In the sense of ‘assessment,’ assise was early corrupted to acise , accise , now corruptly excise n. In that of ‘measurement’ aphetized as size n.¹ I. Legislative sitting, statute, statutory measure or manner. †1. A sitting or session of a consultative or legislative body. Obsolete.Applied in Old French to the sitting of the King's Council, but perhaps not in English. See sense 2. Jus Municipale Normann. i. v. vi. (in Du Cange) Assise est une assemblée de plusieurs sages hommes en la Cour del Prince, en laquelle cen qui y sera jugié, doit avoir perdurable fermeté. †2. a. The decree or edict made at such a sitting. Obsolete exc. Historical.Applied specifically in English Hist to various formal edicts, named sometimes from the place where they were made, sometimes from the subject with which they were concerned; e.g. Assize of Clarendon, Assize of Arms, Assize of the Forest, Assize of Measures, Assize of Bread and Ale, etc. Assizes of Jerusalem, the code of jurisprudence for the new kingdom of Jerusalem, established by the Crusaders in 1099. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute doomc825 i-setnessec900 setnessc950 edict1297 statutec1300 purveyancea1325 assize1330 ordinancec1330 decreetc1374 constitutionc1380 decree?a1400 sizea1400 stablementc1400 edictionc1470 stablishment1473 ordinationc1499 estatutea1514 placarda1530 prescript1532 golden bull1537 rescript1545 institute1546 institution1551 constitutec1561 sanction1570 decretal1588 ordain1596 decretum1602 invention1639 scite1656 dispositive1677 bull1696 ordonnance1702 subnotation1839 senatus consultum1875 fatwa1989 1164 Hoveden Assisæ Henrici Regis factæ apud Clarendonum.] 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 301 Þe chartre of franchise conferm it ȝow he salle, & of þe first assise as his fader gaf it alle. 1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) sig. S vii The reason of the statute of assise of bread and ale. 1642 King Charles I Answer conc. Commission of Array 63 Assizes (or Assessements) of Arms. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 66 By an ordinance in 27 Hen. II. called the assise of arms, it was provided that every man's armour should descend to his heir. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. vii. 146 Their code of law was the Assises of Jerusalem. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. xiii. 573 The formal edicts known under the name of Assizes, the Assizes of Clarendon and Northampton, the Assize of Arms, the Assize of the Forests, and the Assizes of Measures, are the only relics of the legislative work of the period [of Henry II.] †b. Hence gen. Ordinance, appointment, regulation, established order. rent of assize (in the Assizes of Clarendon 1164, Assisus reditus): a fixed rent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] righteOE lawa1000 assize1303 droit1480 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > fixed rent of assize1523 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 804 Come blelyche to þe seruyse Whan holy chyrche settyþ asyse. c1320 Seuyn Sages 2490 Thine seuen wise, That han i-wrowt ayen the assise. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 11^v Also it is to be enquered, who be fre tenauntes..and what they yelde by the yere of rent of Assise. †3. esp. Ordinances regulating weights and measures, and the weight and price of articles of general consumption (assisæ venalium); e.g. the Assize of Measures in reign of Henry II, Assize of Bread and Ale 51 Henry III, etc. Also gen. Rule of trade. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > commercial or revenue sizea1300 assizea1330 indiction1586 poll bill1641 frumentarian law1652 statute of the staple1657 statute of frauds1678 Gin Act1730 Pot Act1733 Stamp Act1765 Stamp-Bill1765 corn law1766 Bumboat Act1796 Maine law1852 permissive bill1864 lemon law1981 a1330 Poem temp. Edw. II (1849) lxxiii Somtyme wer marchants That trewly bout and sold, Now is thilk assise i-broke. 1473–4 Act 12 & 13 Edw. IV in Enactments Parl. conc. Univ. Oxf. & Cambr. (1869) 9 The kepyng of assise of brede, wyne, and ale. 1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §15 He shal cause offendors which have broken thassise to be punished. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 149 They keip not..the assise (lawes) anent the bread, wyne, aill and fleshe. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 157 The assize of bread, or the rules laid down by law, and particularly by statute 31 Geo. II. c. 29. and 3 Geo. III. c. 11. for ascertaining it's price in every given quantity. 1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 89 The act of 51 Henry III. (1266), is called the assize of bread and of ale. 4. The statutory regulation or settling of the price of bread and of ale, with reference to that of grain, in accordance with the aforesaid ordinances. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > regulating prices by standard assize1447 assizingc1638 1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 91 Thine predecessours have had assize of bred and of ale. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. i. ii. xviii. 294 In these markets..assises of bread..are not anie whit looked unto. 1638 J. Penkethman (title) Artachthos or a new booke declaring the assise or weight of bread. 1876 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) xx. 12 The assize of bread, that is the regulation of its price by the price of wheat. 5. The standard of quantity, measure, or price ordained by such ordinances; hence, customary, required, or prescriptive standard. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures > an authorized measuring standard assizea1400 standard1424 gaugec1450 stint1485 stand1550 standing measure1556 Johansson1918 a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 80 Þan was it schorter þan þe assise. 1466 Paston Lett. II. 268 For vii. barels bere, xviis. vid. For a barel of the grettest assyse iiis. iiiid. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 2 Xxxv. men..sworne to mayntayne the assies in London. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iv. 211 They presented the said Were to be over high and..inhaunced above the ancient assize. 1710 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 586 Last week a baker was convicted for selling bread under the assize. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 275 It was ordained that..the custody of the assise or standard of weights and measures shall be committed to certain persons. 1813 Examiner 15 Mar. 160/1 The Lord Mayor..has ordered the price of Bread to rise half an assize. 1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 229 Laws regulating the assize of casks. †6. Hence: Measurement, dimensions. Obsolete. (Now size n.¹) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] greatness1381 measurea1382 quantitya1387 muchnessa1398 sizea1400 largec1400 micklec1400 moisonc1400 of suingc1400 bignessc1475 assize1481 proportions1481 bodya1500 dimension1529 measuring1529 wideness1535 bind1551 corporance1570 magnitude1570 mickledom1596 amplitude1599 breadth1609 extendure1613 extension1614 extent1623 extensure1631 dimense1632 dimensity1655 bulkiness1674 bulksomeness1674 admeasurement1754 calliper1819 acreage1846 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. 293 Iiij. peces of redde wusted of the grettest asyse. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1557 ‘A lytull lower, syr,’ seyde hee..‘Now are we bothe at oon assyse!’ 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aiij^v Put out no puffes, nor thwackyng words Words of to large assyce. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. A pretty little whip-iacke, of lesse then ordinary assise, in a blew iacket. †7. Measure, extent (of things immaterial). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun] prickOE degreec1380 greec1386 largenessa1398 rate1523 size1534 pitcha1568 pin1584 scantling1586 intension1604 assize1625 proportion1641 process1655 to a certain extent1671 intensity1794 level1897 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 316 The power of the keyes are to both alike in equall assise. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) ii. 83 A false surmise, that Prophecies and Promises be of like assise. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 166 Every event, of any considerable assise. †8. Mode, manner, fashion; quality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] wayeOE costOE wise971 gatec1175 custc1275 form1297 guise13.. mannerc1300 kindc1330 assizea1375 plighta1393 makea1400 fashionc1400 reason?c1400 method1526 voye1541 how1551 way1563 garb1600 quality1600 mould1603 quomodo1623 modus1648 mode1649 turn1825 road1855 gait1866 methodology1932 stylee1982 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute i-cundeOE kindOE thingOE quality1340 virtue1340 assizea1375 propertyc1390 principlea1398 conditionc1460 faculty1490 predicatea1513 epitheton1547 passion1570 propriety1584 affection1588 attribute1603 qualification1616 appropriate1618 intimacy1641 bedighting1674 belonger1674 cleaver1674 interiority1701 internal property1751 predicable1785 coloration1799 internality1839 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4451 It is geinli greiþed in a god asise. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 144 First they..ben hard, and thilke assise Betokeneth in a king constaunce. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 844 As in þe asyse of Sodomas to seggez þat passen. c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 830 Shypmen..Dyght her takull on ryche acyse. †9. Site, situation, position. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] stallc1000 logh11.. settlea1340 placea1375 steada1387 sitea1398 assizec1400 position?a1425 estal1480 stound1557 planting1585 location1592 positure1600 posture1605 seat1607 situs1629 ubi1630 ubiety1645 locus1648 locality1656 topography1658 whereness1674 lie1697 spot1769 locus standi1809 possie1916 ubicity1922 c1400 Rom. Rose 900 Floures..of many gise Sett by compas in assise. c1400 Rom. Rose 1237 Ther nas a poynt, trewely, That it nas in his right assise. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. clxxxxiiii^v/2 In all other thynges he kepte the myddell assyse. †10. ? Commodity; article; manner of thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > an article or kind of gooda1300 assizec1300 merchandise?a1425 commodity1429 commodie1575 parcel1612 article1618 pitch1866 ware1881 c1300 K. Alis. 7074 Whan ther comes marchaundise, With corn, wyn, and steil, othir other assise. II. A trial in which sworn assessors or jurymen decide questions of fact; a judicial inquest. 11. a. Originally applied to: All legal proceedings of the nature of inquests or recognitions, fiscal, civil, or criminal.Esp. the Grand or Great Assize, recognition as to the right of the claimant in a writ of right, substituted in the reign of Henry II for trial by battle, the assizes of Mort d'ancestre, Novel disseisin, and Darreine presentment, named in Magna Carta. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > judicial inquiry inquestc1290 assize1297 inquisition1387 questa1393 examinationc1410 judicial inquiry1702 tribunal1916 c1290 Britton iii. iv. §28 Qe le tenaunt se puse mettre en juree a la semblaunce de graunt assise, i.e. that the tenant may put himself on a jury after the manner of a great assize.] 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 429 False sueryars of assyses. 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 64 He was chefe justise, Agayn þe erle Godwyn he gert sette assise. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. ii. 60 The cause..was decided either by the duel, or, under the great improvement of the law effected by an ordinance of Henry II..by the grand assize: that is, by the verdict of twelve milites of the neighbourhood, chosen by four other milites summoned by the sheriff for the purpose. b. Hence, an action to be decided by such a trial; also applied to the writ by which it is instituted. ΚΠ a1481 T. Littleton Tenures (1482) ii. sig. cvii Il poet auer assise de nouell disseisin enuers le tenaunt.] c1574 Transl. He may have an Assise of novel disseisin against the tenant. a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 7 And the disseisee bring his assize in the Court of the Lord. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 28^v Assise is a writ, and it lyeth where any man is put out of his lands, tenements..and so disseised of his freehold. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lxvii. 254 In case the Lord would hold the Wardship longer then the full age of the heire, an Assize did lie against the Lord. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 221 An assise of nusance is a writ, wherein it is stated that the party injured complains of some fact done. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. ii. 81 The writ of assize of Mort d'Ancestor was perhaps instituted by the ordinance called the Assize of Northampton, a.d. 1176. 12. Hence (usually in plural): The sessions held periodically in each county of England, for the purpose of administering civil and criminal justice, by judges acting under certain special commissions (chiefly and usually, but not exclusively, being ordinary judges of the superior courts, or, after 1875, of the Supreme Court).It was provided by Magna Carta that the judges should visit each county once every year to take assizes (i.e. try writs of assize) of novel disseisin, mort d'ancestre, and darreine presentment (so that the jury who constituted the Grand Assize (see 11) might not be obliged to travel from remote corners of England to appear in court at Westminster). Thence the names assizes, and justices or judges of assize, still retained by these circuit courts and itinerant judges, after their judicial functions had been greatly extended in various directions, especially in that of the trial of felonies and offences.Assizes were abolished by the Courts Act, 1971; their criminal jurisdiction was transferred to the Crown Courts. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of shire or part of shire > held periodically sizea1300 shire-court1376 county?1387 assizec1405 view of frankpledge1495 county courtc1520 quarter sessions1538 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > other types of action mort d'ancestora1325 trespass on the case1429 action of detinue1467 mortancestry1471 replevin1515 non-finding1525 nisi prius1533 faint action1542 interpleadera1558 improbationc1575 assize1577 assumpsit1586 transitory action1594 trover1594 suit of the King's peace1607 detinuea1626 quia timet1628 choke-baila1637 reprobator1672 spulyie1678 petitory action1681 proprium1695 restitution of conjugal rights1720 amicable suit1768 noxal action1774 real action1818 witness action1892 class suit1894 non-jury1897 foreclosure action1905 class action1910 derivative action1934 paternity suit1945 1215 Magna Carta Duos Justiciarios..qui..capiant in comitatu et in die et loco comitatus assisas predictas.] c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 316 Iustice he was ful often in Assise By patente and by pleyn commissioun. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 127 The gentylmen of the scyre wych have authoryte therin in the sessyonys & sysys. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. vii. sig. M.viij^v/2 At Sessions or Assises, parties appeare and sue one an other. 1629 Vse of Law 23 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light The 3. commission that the Iudges of Circuits have, is, a Commission directed to themselves onely to take Assizes, by which they are called Iustices of Assize, and the Office of those Iustices is to doe right vpon Writs called Assizes, brought before them by such as are wrongfully thrust out of their Lands. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 150 Some few Counties, whither the King sent some Judges of Assize. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 3 Mar. 65 Finery for the assizes and horse-races. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. viii. 469 The judges of assize were directed to inculcate on their circuits the necessary obligation of forwarding the king's service by complying with his writ. 1885 N.E.D. at Assize Mod. Tried for murder at the Maidstone assizes. 13. In Scotland: a. A trial by jury. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by jury visnet14.. assize1487 trial per pais1614 jury-trial1821 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 55 [Thai] war with ane assiss [1489 Adv. a sys] thar ourtane. a1605 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 128 He went through the street to the Tolbooth to undergo his assize. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 61 Ane Assise may proceid agains ane man absent being lawfullie summoned. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 67 If the offender abide an assise, and by the same be absolved. b. The jury or panel. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] jury?a1400 panelc1400 size1488 assize1528 the twelve men1589 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xix This name assise somtyme is put for the iury. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 108 The names of the assyiss are thir; the erle of Cassillis, etc. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 157 Of them quha spares the ritch men, and summons the pure men to passe vpon the assise. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 61 The Assise in the breive of richt, is of twelue sworne men. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 23 The fact being only referred to the jury or assize as they call it. †14. Judgement, sentence; deliverance of opinion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] doomc950 redeOE lookingc1300 assizec1314 judging1357 definitionc1384 man's dayc1384 termination1395 discretiona1400 discussiona1425 decidingc1443 judicial1447 decisionc1454 arbitry1489 determinationa1513 determining1530 decerninga1535 discuss1556 discussment1559 thought1579 decernment1586 arbitrage1601 dijudication1615 crisis1623 decidementa1640 determinatinga1640 discernment1646 syndication1650 judication1651 dijudicatinga1656 adjudicature1783 call1902 c1314 Guy Warw. 13 Herkeneth now, hou seith the wise? Y schal you schewe bi this asise. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 19344 Vr eldrin god did iesu rise..þe quilk ȝe hang wid fals assise. 1426 J. Audelay Poems 49 Thus sayd David forssoth in the Sautere, And verefyus in asise the love of our Lord. ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Biiii Perchaunce an issue hereon may be ioynt, Whereon thassise foorthwith we may award. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. §14 Let us call to assize the loves of our parents. View more context for this quotation 15. With great, last, etc.: The Last Judgement. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse world's endeOE dayOE doomsdayc975 world-endOE 'pocalypseOE last dayc1275 judgementa1325 assize1340 Great Dayc1350 accounta1400 day of retributiona1400 latter day1533 Judgement Day1544 audit1548 after-reckoning1567 revelation-day1654 Fifth monarchy1655 long account1665 account day1671 kingdom come1858 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 eschaton1935 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5514 Þe haythen men at þat grete assys Sal þan be halden als men rightwys. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22781 For to deme bath ded and quick..All þat sal be at þat a-sise. a1400 Cov. Myst. 60 Ȝoure soulys may thei save at the last asyse. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle i. v. 5 The grete assises, at which oure noble gloryous kyng wyl descende presentely in his owne persone. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 68 Where Life still liues, where God his Sises holds. 1620 T. Dekker Dreame sig. C1 That Lord, by his Owne Subiects Crucified, Lo, at this Grand Assize comes Glorified. a1708 W. Beveridge Private Thoughts Relig. (1709) 144 At the great..Assizes of the World. 1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Nov. 54 Till summon'd to the last assize. †16. transferred. The office of judge, the action of judging, censorship. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > person engaged in > office or function of censorship1591 censureship1606 assize1641 censure1663 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 47 The Roman censor a civil function, to that severe assise of survaying and controuling the privatest, and sliest manners of all men and all degrees had no jurisdiction,..no punitive force annext. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses 90 The judges..who had elected been By publick vote, of games to hold assize. III. Isolated senses from French. †17. Siege, besieging. (So in Old French) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] sieginga1382 besieging1382 siegec1385 pursuitc1425 obsidionc1429 assizec1430 assieginga1450 sitting down1495 obsession1548 besiege1552 besiegement1564 assiegement1577 investion1590 investing1597 beleaguering1603 blocking1637 investiture1649 blockade1659 begirting1660 investment1702 beleaguerment1826 c1430 Syr Generides 8889 Generides by manly asise Hath beseged the tone of Vise..That noon may passe out I-wis. †18. a. Fixation of imposts, imposition, tax. Obsolete. (See excise n., a corrupt form of this word.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] impositionc1374 taxing1413 levy1427 taxation1447 finance?c1475 taxage1483 levying1496 raisec1500 talliation1531 leviation1538 lay1558 tousting1565 stenting1587 cuttinga1599 imposing1610 assize1642 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xvii. 211 When one hath seene the Tally and taillage of France, the Milstone of Spaine, the Assise of Holland..hee will blesse God, and love England better ever after. †b. assize-herring n. Obsolete a royalty of one thousand herrings due three times a year during the season to the kings of Scotland from each boat engaged in the herring fishery. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] > paid in produce scat haver1344 scat malt1438 assize-herring1597 forester oats1794 tribute rice1853 1597 Act 15 Jas. VI §237 The..assise herring perteinis to our Soveraine Lorde, as ane part of his customes, and annexed propertie. 1673 H. Stubbe Further Iustification War against Netherlands App. 128 The King could not alienate the Royalty of the Assize-herring, by the Laws of Scotland. Compounds C1. General attributive. assize-ball n. ΚΠ 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. xiv. 215 The dancing was not quite like..what we see at an assize or race-ball in a country town. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. i. 13 The assize-balls had been discontinued. † assize business n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 202 I..desired for this Assise-Assembly, to choose a Text as neere as I could of equall latitude with the Assise-Businesse. assize court n. ΚΠ 1857 W. M. Thackeray Fitz-Boodle's Profess. in Misc. Wks. IV. 29 Confounded new policemen and the assize-courts prevent that. assize town n. ΚΠ 1812 Sir S. Romily in Examiner 7 Sept. 573/2 The duty of a Sheriff was..to ride..before the Judges, into an Assize town. assize-week n. ΚΠ 1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 7 503 Some years ago..I acted in Lancaster during the assize week. C2. assize sermon n. a sermon preached at the holding of assizes. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of > preached at the holding of assizes assize sermon1699 1699 S. Sewall Let.-bk. (1886) I. 216 Mr. Noyes..preached an excellent Assize Sermon. 1859 C. Reade Love me Little iii Shall you go to the assize sermon? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † assizev. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman assiser, < assise assize n. Obsolete. †1. transitive. To set, place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] doeOE layc950 seta1000 puta1225 dight1297 pilt?a1300 stow1362 stick1372 bestowc1374 affichea1382 posec1385 couchc1386 dressa1387 assize1393 yarkc1400 sita1425 place1442 colloque1490 siegea1500 stake1513 win1515 plat1529 collocate1548 campc1550 posit1645 posture1645 constitute1652 impose1681 sist1852 shove1902 spot1937 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 122 The which [stars] upon his heved assised He bereth. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 126 Right so ben devised The signes twelve, and stonde assised. a1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 430 Assise And yote on it tilpavyng playne and strong. 2. To fix, ordain, appoint. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint asetc885 teachc897 deemc900 ashapea1000 i-demeOE setc1000 shiftc1000 stevenOE redeOE willOE lookc1175 showc1175 stablea1300 devise1303 terminea1325 shapec1330 stightlea1375 determinec1384 judgea1387 sign1389 assize1393 statute1397 commanda1400 decree1399 yarka1400 writec1405 decreetc1425 rule1447 stallc1460 constitute1481 assignc1485 institute1485 prescribec1487 constitue1489 destinate1490 to lay down1493 make?a1513 call1523 plant1529 allot1532 stint1533 determ1535 appointa1538 destinec1540 prescrive1552 lot1560 fore-appoint1561 nominate1564 to set down1576 refer1590 sort1592 doom1594 fit1600 dictate1606 determinate1636 inordera1641 state1647 fix1660 direct1816 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 228 The king..hath therof a time assised. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 181 Two cardinales he hath assised..That with his doughter shulden go. 3. To determine, decide, judge. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > judge, determine [verb (transitive)] addeemeOE sayeOE assizec1399 concludec1405 discernc1425 judgec1425 discussc1430 judicate?1577 aread1593 addooma1599 arbitratea1616 overcall1654 dijudicate1666 result1705 judicialize1851 c1399 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 11 Ȝit natheles the lawe stant assised Of mannys wit to be so resonable. 4. To assess, value, rate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] talec897 ween971 takec1175 weigha1200 deem?c1225 judge?c1225 guessc1330 reta1382 accounta1387 aretc1386 assize1393 consider1398 ponder?a1400 adjudgec1440 reckonc1440 peisec1460 ponderate?a1475 poisea1483 trutinate1528 steem1535 rate?1555 sense1564 compute1604 censure1605 cast1606 cense1606 estimate1651 audit1655 state1671 balance1692 esteem1711 appraise1823 figure1854 tally1860 revalue1894 lowball1973 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. Prol. 5 That this prologue is so assised. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? i. 2 It is also a Prophecy: and Prophecies are assised at obscurity. 5. To assess. a. To fix the amount of (a tax). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > fix amount of tax assess1447 modify1448 sess1467 cess1523 assize1525 stent1633 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lii. f. lxix/1 Taxes & tallages [were] assysed in cytees and good townes. b. To value for the purposes of taxation. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > value for taxation assize1523 value1526 cess1598 mise1673 assess1809 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccix. 712 In tyme past, whan Gaunt was assysed, Andwarpe was of lyhte valur. 6. To regulate or fix (weights, measures, prices, etc.) according to an ordinance or standard. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > attach a price to [verb (transitive)] > regulate by standard assize1566 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. iv. f. 9^v If the people will haue victualles and corne at that price, whereat it was assised and rated in time past. 1638 Chart. Goldsm. Co. in A. Ryland Assay Gold & Silver (1852) 191 Persons, who shall bring..any weight called troy weight to be assized, according to his Majesty's standard. c1638 Order Privy Council in J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. Hij^v When the second Wheat is at 3l. the Quarter, he may make and assize his Bread, as if the same Wheat were at 3l. 6s. the Quarter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1297v.1393
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