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assize

In medieval Europe, the passing of laws, either by the king with the consent of nobles, as in the Constitutions of Clarendon passed by Henry II of England in 1164; or as a complete system, such as the Assizes of Jerusalem, a compilation of the law of the feudal kingdom of Jerusalem in the 13th century.
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Such lawing also shall be done by the assize commonly used, and which is, that three claws shall be cut off without the ball of the right foot.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
It may be that your name is being called even at this very moment at the Great Assize.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
But when, at the Assize Court, he brought in the key to the whole case, he did not tell the whole truth.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
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