First Known Use: 14th century
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assize
noun as·size \ə-ˈsīz\
Definition of ASSIZE
1
a : a judicial inquest b : an action to be decided by such an inquest, the writ for instituting it, or the verdict or finding rendered by the jury
2
a : the former periodical sessions of the superior courts in English counties for trial of civil and criminal cases —usually used in plural b : the time or place of holding such a court, the court itself, or a session of it —usually used in plural
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Origin of ASSIZE
Middle English assise, from Anglo-French, session, legal action, from asseer, asseoir to seat, from Vulgar Latin *assedēre, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, assist in the office of a judge, from ad- + sedēre to sit — more at sit
Rhymes with ASSIZE
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