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assize /ə-sīzˈ/ noun- (in pl) periodical sittings of judges on circuit, in England and Wales, with a jury (until 1972, when Crown Courts replaced them)
- A legislative sitting (historical)
- A statute settling the weight, measure, or price of anything (historical)
- A trial by jury (Scot)
- A jury (Scot)
- Judgement, sentence (obsolete)
transitive verb (obsolete)- To assess
- To set or fix the quantity or price of
ORIGIN: OFr assise assembly of judges, set rate, from asseoir, from L assidēre, from ad to, and sedēre to sit assizˈer noun - An officer with responsibility for weights and measures
- A juror (historical; Scots law)
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