Explore Assize through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like regulation or ordinance. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Assize meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Assize
Using Assize
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: regulation, ordinance, writ, judicial writ.
- In the example corpus, assize often appears in combinations such as: assize court, the assize, assize of.
Context around Assize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Assize
- In this selection, "assize" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, devizes, special, general, court, courts and cout stand out and add context to how "assize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an assize of seven and establishment of assize courts in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "assize" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with assize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Over fifty prisoners condemned at the Bodmin Assize Court were hanged at the prison. (14 words)
The Assize of Clarendon in 1166 caused these juries to be adopted systematically throughout the country. (16 words)
The traditional county of Tipperary was split into two judicial counties (or ridings ) following the establishment of assize courts in 1838. (21 words)
The Assize court last sat here in October 1970. citation Wells elects five councillors to Mendip District Council from the same three wards as are used for the City Council (two are returned from St Cuthbert's, two from St Thomas' and one from Central). (45 words)
Plans for the Devizes Assize Court (Image: Wiltshire Museum) He added: “We were told by the architects they were ready to submit the application, and we had two weeks to review documents before they put them in. (37 words)
It replaced the former on the site of the Market and Assize Hall in the Market Place, citation and a Canonical House also known as 'The Exchequer', on the authority of an Act of Parliament dated 1779. (37 words)
Example sentences (15)
Plans for the Devizes Assize Court (Image: Wiltshire Museum) He added: “We were told by the architects they were ready to submit the application, and we had two weeks to review documents before they put them in.
Seven men and one woman are appearing at the Special Assize Court in Paris, in a trial due to last until December 20.
The scheme to turn the Assize Cout into a museum has been progressing for years and the planning application will represent a major step towards making it a reality.
This includes the re-introduction of mobile and assize courts to expedite dispensation of justice and reduce the strain on our courts of superior record.
Van Acker and her partner Jean-Claude Lacote were both convinced of murder at Assize’s Court of West-Vlaanderen in January 2011.
A later Daniel Seon was appointed Clerk of the House of Assembly and Prothonotary of the Court of General Assize in 1889 (he was also the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and died in 1909).
An assize of seven earls and fourteen lesser nobles were appointed to hear the evidence that linked the prisoners to the rebellion in the Lennox.
He was probably responsible for an assize making all rear-vassals directly subject to the king and eligible to appear at the Haute Cour.
It has its origins in the 13th century, when an Assize of Bread and Ale was used to regulate the quality of goods.
It replaced the former on the site of the Market and Assize Hall in the Market Place, citation and a Canonical House also known as 'The Exchequer', on the authority of an Act of Parliament dated 1779.
Over fifty prisoners condemned at the Bodmin Assize Court were hanged at the prison.
The Assize court last sat here in October 1970. citation Wells elects five councillors to Mendip District Council from the same three wards as are used for the City Council (two are returned from St Cuthbert's, two from St Thomas' and one from Central).
The Assize of Bread and Ale in the 13th century demonstrated the importance of bread in medieval times by setting heavy punishments for short-changing bakers, and bread appeared in the Magna Carta a half-century earlier.
The Assize of Clarendon in 1166 caused these juries to be adopted systematically throughout the country.
The traditional county of Tipperary was split into two judicial counties (or ridings ) following the establishment of assize courts in 1838.
Common combinations with assize
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- assize court 5×
- the assize 4×
- assize of 4×
- an assize 3×
- and assize 2×
- assize courts 2×