Dictionary![]() ![]() as•sizePronunciation: (u-sīz'), [key] —n. 1. Usually, assizes. a trial session, civil or criminal, held periodically in specific locations in England, usually by a judge of a superior court. 2. an edict, ordinance, or enactment made at a session of a legislative assembly. 3. an inquest before members of a jury or assessors; a judicial inquiry. 4. an action, writ, or verdict of an assize. 5. judgment: the last assize; the great assize. 6. a statute for the regulation and control of weights and measures or prices of general commodities in the market. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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