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assizes
noun
(as-size)
a judicial inquest
assizes
noun
(as-size)
an action to be decided by such an inquest, the writ for instituting it, or the verdict or finding rendered by the jury
assizes
noun
(as-size)
the former periodical sessions of the superior courts in English counties for trial of civil and criminal cases —usually used in plural
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