Assize

as-sīz′, v.t. to a e : to set or fix the quantity or price.— n. a statute settling the weight, measure, or price of anything: ( Scot. ) a trial by jury, the jury: judgment, sentence, the Last Judgment: ( pl. ) the se ions or sittings of a court held periodically in English counties, at which causes are tried by judges of the High Court of Justice on circuit and a jury.— n. A iz′er , an officer who inspects weights and measures. [O. Fr. a ise , an a embly of judges, a set rate— a eoir —L. a idēre .]