assize

Meaning

Noun

1. A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
2. The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
3. 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.
4. A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
5. Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
6. (obsolete) Measure; dimension; size.

Verb

To assess; to set or fix the quantity or price.

Synonyms

court

courthouse

court of justice

forum

law court

legislative

bench

tribunal

Translations

tribunale

Assise

Corte d’Assise

διατίμηση

kurulda alınan karar

δικαστήριο

um

zitting

geçici mahkeme celsesi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈsaɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: assise

In summary

From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.