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Assize
01
an old legal writ ordering a sheriff to help recover possession of disputed property
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informations grammaticales
Exemples
The claimant obtained an assize to recover land from which he had been unlawfully dispossessed.
02
an official regulation establishing the weights and measures to be used for goods sold in trade
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Exemples
The town enforced an assize to ensure that merchants used standard weights in the market.
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