assizes
noun
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A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
Example: the assize of bread and other provisions
noun
Definitions
A trial or hearing before such a court.