assize
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- noun
- /əˈsaɪz/
- Archaic
:
asiento
- The judge announced the schedule for the upcoming assizes to address various cases.
- assize courts
Examples
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So are they brought to assize?
Fiction book (1991) -
His lordship is to Edinburgh for the assize, Then to London direct.
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I will have them before the assize, Killearn and Cunningham.
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If these other traitors are as stubborn as you, I may sit here till the next assizes.
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I tell you, Killearn and Cunningham Will not be condemned before any assize on Betty's word.
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It's the testimony of Joan Jordan at the witch trial of Olive Bartham-- Suffolk Assize of 1599.
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Private nuisance arose from the assize of nuisance, which barred interference with the enjoyment of property.
Academic text (1998) -
It thus complemented the assize of novel disseisin, which put rightful owners in possession of property. See id. at 158-59.
Academic text (1998) -
(n58) A bloodier outcome involved Lord Morley's and Lord Strange's entourages, who were brought to the Lancaster assizes.
Academic text (2009) -
The sheriff received an assize to recover the stolen property from the thief.
Compounds
- Archaic
A former county court in England that heard serious criminal and civil trials
Surface Forms
Etymology
Assize comes from Latin assidere (from ad- 'to' + sedere 'to sit'), and it originally meant a court 'sitting' to make a decision. So an assize as an official order or writ is like a decision from a court that 'sat' to recover property.