A historical court session or the official standard size, weight, or price of goods set by a court or government.
From Old French 'assize' meaning 'ordinance' or 'settlement,' derived from 'asseoir' meaning 'to sit' (from Latin 'assidere'). Originally referred to a sitting or assembly of judges.
The Assizes were touring courts in medieval and early modern England that brought royal justice to the countryside—they were so important that they shaped how English people experienced law and order for centuries.
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