(n.) An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
(n.) A special kind of jury or inquest.
(n.) A kind of writ or real action.
(n.) A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ.
(n.) A statute or ordinance in general. 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.
(n.) Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize.
(n.) A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The time or place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes.
(n.) Measure; dimension; size.
(v.) To assess; to value; to rate.
(v.) To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or regulation of authority.
Example Sentences:
(1) From "the ritual of the hunt; the pomp of assizes (and all the theatrical power of the law courts); the segregated pews, the late entries and early departures at church" to the splendour of their wealth and hauteur of bearing and expression – all was a performance calculated to overawe the vulgar and extract deference.
(2) In certain cases ad full medical assessment presented before the end of the case will help the professional judges of the jury of Assizes who have to give judgment in a civil action by giving them information that will support the true interests of the victim.
(3) When he appeared at Buckinghamshire assizes in January 1969, Reynolds pleaded guilty to his part in the Great Train Robbery and was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment.
(4) As far as civil action is concerned, as there is usually a fixed scale for every regional Court of Assizes according to a definite formula, it is advisable according to the authors that the initial expert assessment presented by the magistrates should establish in its conclusions the details of the indemnity to be considered by professional judges of the Assize juries.
Verdict
Definition:
(n.) The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause.
(n.) Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public.
Example Sentences:
(1) His verdict of her that "she danced on the graves of her husband's victims.
(2) The final verdict on Iran's nuclear programme will rest with the head of the IAEA, Mohammed ElBaradei, who will issue a crucial report to the agency's governing board next month.
(3) Thokozile Masipa, a 68-year-old former journalist who was only the second black woman to be appointed to the high court, was praised for her calm authority despite her controversial original verdict.
(4) Verdict Phil Spencer promised games and he delivered lots and lots of games, some of them really rather beautiful to look at.
(5) Dr Bhambra sustained the most dreadful life-changing injuries during a sustained racist attack on an innocent man, a member of a caring profession.” There was applause from the public gallery as the verdict was returned.
(6) Verdict Black Hawk Down tiptoes carefully around the facts when it deals with US troops, but its interpretation of history is flimsy, one-sided, and politically questionable.
(7) Dan Biers, the first secretary at the US embassy, said it was disappointed by the verdict.
(8) Unesco will give its verdict on the proposal when the world heritage committee meets in June this year.
(9) Right now, I feel free,” Nona Gaye said after the verdict.
(10) Cameron's team began spinning their verdict 15 minutes before the debate ended.
(11) The verdict in the Hayes trial suggested that the much-maligned organisation was finally making a mark under Green, just at it stepped up investigations into some the biggest companies in Britain, including Tesco, Rolls-Royce and Barclays.
(12) In a statement the family said they were left "extremely sad and disappointed" by the verdicts: "We appreciate the work and effort over the years since events on Broadwater Farm that night in trying to bring people to justice.
(13) The jurors' handbook for New York's southern district lists critical questions to ask potential jurors, such as whether they "have any personal interest in the case, or know of any reason why they cannot render an impartial verdict?"
(14) He expressed faith in Russian courts – which issue guilty verdicts in more than 99% of cases – and refused to mention Navalny by name.
(15) Here, we give our verdict on 10 new towers, built and imminent, counting down to the very worst offender … 10.
(16) Speaking to the Guardian, Ghavami’s brother Iman, 28, said the family felt “shattered” by the court verdict.
(17) "Following a meeting with the Secretary of State Ed Davey today, we are considering our position as clearly the challenge for us and the entire solar industry in the UK is within the detail of the CFD regime itself; which solar is now being forced into and more specifically, how this system is going to be implemented for solar; which clearly has different considerations to other technologies.” Updated at 5.53pm BST 5.48pm BST My verdict Our question today was probably misguided.
(18) So, as the Lib Dems head this weekend into their second conference in government, after an extraordinarily traumatic year, what is his verdict?
(19) Critical verdict The Tin Drum catapulted Grass to the forefront of European fiction and since then he has been Germany's "permanent Nobel candidate"; of the remainder of the Danzig trilogy, Cat and Mouse is the best regarded.
(20) The verdicts came as GSK finds itself the target of a separate corruption investigation in China after a whistleblower raised allegations of widespread bribery.