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What (who) is Assize - definition
Bloody Assize (1814); Bloody Assize
assize
PERIODIC COURTS FORMERLY HELD AROUND ENGLAND AND WALES
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¦ noun historical a court which sat at intervals in each county of England and Wales to administer the civil and criminal law.
Origin
ME: from OFr. assise, feminine past participle of asseeir 'sit, settle, assess', from L. assidere (see assess).
Assize
PERIODIC COURTS FORMERLY HELD AROUND ENGLAND AND WALES
Assize Court; Assize; Assize court; Assize courts; Justice of Assize; Justices of Assize; Commissioner of Assize; Court of Assize; Summer assize; Assizes (England); Assize (England); Assizes (England and Wales); Commission of Assize; Commissions of Assize; Courts of Assize; Courts of Assizes; The Courts of Assize; The Courts of Assizes; The Court of Assize; The Court of Assizes; Courts of Assise; Courts of Assises; Court of Assise; Court of Assises; The Court of Assise; The Court of Assises; The Courts of Assise; The Courts of Assises; Assizes court; Assizes courts; Assise court; Assise courts; Assises court; Assises courts; Assedere; Assidre; Assize Rolls; Asizes; Justice of assize; Gaol delivery; Oxford circuit; Oxford Circuit; Circuit mess; Bar mess; Assizer; Gaol Delivery
·noun Measure; dimension; size.
II. Assize ·noun A kind of writ or real action.
III. Assize ·noun A special kind of jury or inquest.
IV. Assize ·noun A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ.
V. Assize ·v To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or regulation of authority.
VI. Assize ·noun The time or place of holding the court of assize;
- generally in the plural, assizes.
VIII. Assize ·noun A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury.
IX. Assize ·noun Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, ·etc.; as, rent of assize.
X. Assize ·noun 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.
XI. Assize ·noun 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;
- usually in the plural.
XII. Assize ·noun 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; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures.
Assizer
PERIODIC COURTS FORMERLY HELD AROUND ENGLAND AND WALES
Assize Court; Assize; Assize court; Assize courts; Justice of Assize; Justices of Assize; Commissioner of Assize; Court of Assize; Summer assize; Assizes (England); Assize (England); Assizes (England and Wales); Commission of Assize; Commissions of Assize; Courts of Assize; Courts of Assizes; The Courts of Assize; The Courts of Assizes; The Court of Assize; The Court of Assizes; Courts of Assise; Courts of Assises; Court of Assise; Court of Assises; The Court of Assise; The Court of Assises; The Courts of Assise; The Courts of Assises; Assizes court; Assizes courts; Assise court; Assise courts; Assises court; Assises courts; Assedere; Assidre; Assize Rolls; Asizes; Justice of assize; Gaol delivery; Oxford circuit; Oxford Circuit; Circuit mess; Bar mess; Assizer; Gaol Delivery
·noun An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures, ·etc.
Wikipedia
Bloody Assize of 1814
The Bloody Assize in Upper Canada was a series of trials held at Ancaster during the War of 1812. The trials resulted in treason convictions and subsequent execution of Upper Canada residents who were found to have violently aided the enemy.
Examples of use of Assize
1. "All the things we are doing here are to try to make us safe," said Assize Ashore, an Islamic preacher who also took part in the ceremony.
2. The three suspects were caught, convicted of murder at the Court of Assize in Carlisle, and hanged in Carlisle jail on February 8 1886.
3. The assize court in St Brieuc, Brittany, has seen a quite different Montes from the sullen and taciturn man who appeared at the first trial in Rennes last June.
4. A year later she was the first woman to sit as a Commissioner of Assize and in 1'72 the first woman to sit as a judge at the Central Criminal Court.
5. Often at full moons, they trek to crater rims and throw in rice, jewelry and live animals to appease the volcano. All the things we are doing here are to try to make us safe,‘‘ said Assize Ashore, an Islamic preacher who also took part in the ceremony. Only Allah knows if Merapi will explode.‘‘ Privacy policy | Terms & conditions | Advertising guide | A–Z index | About this site