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A formal legal gathering in a courtroom where cases are heard and decided
“The assizes convened yesterday, with several high-profile cases being heard and decided in the courtroom.”
The collective body of judges, justices, etc.
Plural for a session or inquiry made before a court or jury
“Deny me still and I shall have you straight from this room to Newgate, then in chains to Devon, for the next assize .”
Plural for a statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures
“In 1416, he was described as a taverner, and later in life as a vintner and a merchant, and was on several occasions fined for infringements of the assize of wine.”
