Assize — As*size , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assizing}.] [From {Assize}, n.: cf. LL. assisare to decree in assize. Cf. {Asses}, v.] 1. To assess; to value; to rate. [Obs.] Gower. [1913 Webster] 2. To fix the weight, measure, or price … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Assizing — Assize As*size , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assizing}.] [From {Assize}, n.: cf. LL. assisare to decree in assize. Cf. {Asses}, v.] 1. To assess; to value; to rate. [Obs.] Gower. [1913 Webster] 2. To fix the weight, measure,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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assize — assize, or assise (obsolete) /asayz/ An ancient species of court, consisting of a certain number of men, usually twelve, who were summoned together to try a disputed cause, performing the functions of a jury, except that they gave a verdict from… … Black's law dictionary
assise — assize, or assise (obsolete) /asayz/ An ancient species of court, consisting of a certain number of men, usually twelve, who were summoned together to try a disputed cause, performing the functions of a jury, except that they gave a verdict from… … Black's law dictionary
assize, or assise — (obsolete) /asayz/ An ancient species of court, consisting of a certain number of men, usually twelve, who were summoned together to try a disputed cause, performing the functions of a jury, except that they gave a verdict from their own… … Black's law dictionary
assize — assize, or assise (obsolete) /asayz/ An ancient species of court, consisting of a certain number of men, usually twelve, who were summoned together to try a disputed cause, performing the functions of a jury, except that they gave a verdict from… … Black's law dictionary
assise — assize, or assise (obsolete) /asayz/ An ancient species of court, consisting of a certain number of men, usually twelve, who were summoned together to try a disputed cause, performing the functions of a jury, except that they gave a verdict from… … Black's law dictionary
assize, or assise — (obsolete) /asayz/ An ancient species of court, consisting of a certain number of men, usually twelve, who were summoned together to try a disputed cause, performing the functions of a jury, except that they gave a verdict from their own… … Black's law dictionary
rents of assize — The certain and determined rents of the freeholders and ancient copyholders of manors. Apparently so called because they were assized or made certain, and so distinguished from a redditus mobilis, which was a variable or fluctuating rent … Black's law dictionary