"session of a law court," c. 1300 (attested from mid-12c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French assise "session, sitting of a court" (12c.), properly fem. past participle of asseoir &qu [..]

1) The meeting of feudal vassals with the king it also refers to decrees issued by the king after such meetings.    (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms) 2) A) Rule or regulation; B) procedure in legal actio [..]

In English law, Assize refers to an ancient court or a session of the court. It could also be decree or edict rendered at such a session. It derived its name from assideo, which means to sit together. [..]

A fixed or customary standard of number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.

(n) the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale(n) an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property

This word is occasionally and formally used to mean a trial by jury.

Assize was a concept used in several contexts; in some of these its etymology may refer back to the term for a "session" or "sitting" of a legal tribunal, while in others its deriv [..]