Assize
/əˈsaɪz/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Assize
noun
- A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
- The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
- 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.
- A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
"the assize of bread and other provisions"
- Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
"rent of assize"