assize

English Thesaurus

1. an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	judicial writ, writ,
definition	:	(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer (noun.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

2. the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	ordinance, regulation,
definition	:	an authoritative rule (noun.communication)