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UK
/ɐsˈaɪz/
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NOUN
- an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
- the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
How To Use assize In A Sentence
- He was remanded to await trial at Reading Assizes.
- Part of the reason for this rule was that the accused had to be physically present at assizes or quarter sessions.
- The parties agreed that henceforth no baron or free tenant should be disseized of land or goods by the king's justices or servants without a trial according to the customs and assizes of the land, or by the direct orders of the king. The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216)
- In 1310 the king granted life exemption from tallages, prises, juries, assizes, and royal ministries to Nicholas de Fakenham of Lynn, who is not known to have held any office.
- But this sort of imprecise talk would have seen Ken and his Hush Puppies laughed out of Nottingham assizes. Hugh Muir's Diary
- Lord was compelled to take out a _Pone_ to have the matter tried before the Court of Common Pleas or the Justices in Eyre, that is, the assizes. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
- After Preston's death he received appointment as one of the regular justices of the newly established assize circuits in 1274.
- The fourth part regards the Assize of Novel Deseisin as an exemplar, makes brief illumination for development and accomplishment of early royal writs or actions of form.
- In addition, the assizes gave fast and clear verdicts, enriched the treasury and extended the King's control.
- At the assizes the evidence against him was overwhelming.
