assize

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.

   The assize of bread and other provisions.

2. 2
   noun

   Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.

   Rent of assize.

3. 3
   noun

   A measure, dimension, or size.

   An hundred cubits high by just assize.

4. 4
   noun

   an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property

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

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