Assize

имя существительное 1) судебное разбирательство 2) (assizes) [историческое] выездная сессия суда присяжных 3) [историческое] твёрдо установленная цена, мера Например: The Lord Mayor has ordered the price of bread to rise half an assize. — Лорд-мэр распорядился, чтобы цены на хлеб повысили в полтора раза.

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Assize

судебное рассмотрение

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Assize

noun Etymology: Middle English assise, from Anglo-French, session, legal action, from asseer, asseoir to seat, from Vulgar Latin *assedēre, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, assist in the office of a judge, from ad- + sedēre to sit — more at sit 1. a. a judicial inquest b. an action to be decided by such an inquest, the writ for instituting it, or the verdict or finding rendered by the jury 2. a. the former periodical sessions of the superior courts in English counties for trial of civil and criminal cases — usually used in plural b. the time or place of holding such a court, the court itself, or a session of it — usually used in plural

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