assize

t. [From a ize, s.] 1. To fix by a legal ordinance the weight, measure, or price of articles to be exposed for sale. * 2. To a e as a tax-payer. ( Buners .) as-sized, *as-sī'şed, pa . par . [ASSIZE.] as-siz-er, as-siş-er, as-si'ş-or, a i'z-or, s . [Eng. a ize , v.; -er, or.] A. Of the forms a izer, a iser, and a is or (Eng.): An officer who fixes the "a ize"-that is, the weight, measure or price of articles to be sold. Daniel ( Hist . Eng ., p. 169) mentions "false a isors " among those against whom the writ of Trailbaston was i ued. ( Davies .) B. Of the form a izor ( Scots Law ): A juror.