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

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy