Associations to the word «Assize»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

ASSIZE, noun. The regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale.
ASSIZE, noun. An ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley