assize

为了记忆单词“assize”，可以采用以下简单记忆法：

联想“as”与“size”，想象一个法庭（assize是古代英格兰的巡回审判）的“size”（规模）或“尺度”很大，因为这个词与司法审判（尤其是巡回审判）的规模或重要性有关。这样的联想有助于将“assize”与法律审判和其规模这一概念联系起来。

assize

assize: [13] Like assess, assize comes ultimately from Latin assidēre, which meant literally ‘sit beside someone’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘near’ and sedēre ‘sit’, related to English sit). In Old French this became asseeir (modern French has asseoir), of which the past participle was assis.

The feminine form of this, assise, came to be used as a noun ranging in meaning from the very general ‘act of sitting’ or ‘seat’ to the more specific legal senses ‘sitting in judgement’ and ‘session of a court’ (English session comes ultimately from Latin sedēre too). It was the legal usages which passed into English.
=> session, sit, size

assize (n.)

"session of a law court," c. 1300 (attested from mid-12c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French assise "session, sitting of a court" (12c.), properly fem. past participle of asseoir "to cause to sit," from Latin assidere "to sit beside" (see assess). Originally "all legal proceedings of the nature of inquests or recognitions;" hence sessions held periodically in each county of England to administer civil and criminal justice.

1. It is thought to have suggested the assize of novel disseisin.

据认为,它导致了新近侵占敕令的产生.