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assizes

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as·size  (-sz)
n.
1.
a. A session of a court.
b. A decree or edict rendered at such a session.
2.
a. An ordinance regulating weights and measures and the weights and prices of articles of consumption.
b. The standards so established.
3. Law A judicial inquest, the writ by which it is instituted, or the verdict of the jurors.
4. assizes
a. One of the periodic court sessions formerly held in each of the counties of England and Wales for the trial of civil or criminal cases.
b. The time or place of such sessions.

[Middle English assise, from Old French, from past participle of asseoir, to seat, from Latin assidre, to sit beside; see assiduous.]

assizes [əˈsaɪzɪz]
pl n
(Law) (formerly in England and Wales) the sessions, usually held four times a year, of the principal court in each county, exercising civil and criminal jurisdiction, attended by itinerant judges: replaced in 1971 by crown courts
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.assizes - the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)
court, judicature, tribunal - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
Translations
assizes [əˈsaɪzɪz] NPL (Brit) (Jur) → sesiones fpl jurídicas(regionales)
assizes [əˈsaɪzɪz] nplassises fpl
assizes
pl (Brit, dated) → Gerichtstage pl, → Assisen pl (old); at the county assizeswährend der Bezirksgerichtstage
assizes [əˈsaɪzɪz] nplassise fpl


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Hetty's trial must come on at the Lent assizes, and they were to be held at Stoniton the next week.
James McCarthy was acquitted at the Assizes on the strength of a number of objections which had been drawn out by Holmes and submitted to the defending counsel.
I had speedy proofs that the excellent abbe was engaged in my behalf, for the rigors of my imprisonment were alleviated by many trifling though acceptable indulgences, and I was told that my trial was to be postponed to the assizes following those now being held.
 
 
 
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