{i} court of assizes; court sessions that were presided over by judges from the superior court and were held regularly in each county; former name of the crown courts (British Legal System)
Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures
an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
In law, a session, or sitting, of a court. It originally referred to a judicial inquest in which a panel of men conducted an investigation. It was later applied to special sessions of high courts in England and France. Assize courts were abolished in most countries in the 20th century, but in France they are still the courts of first instance in the handling of serious crimes
a court sitting at intervals in each county of England and Wales to administer the civil and criminal law Also, a trial in which sworn assessors or jurymen (usually but not always, consisting of twelve men) decide questions of fact; a judicial inquest [Articles 18, 19]
The periodical sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; usually in the plural