For giggles, I Google'd Assize and this is what I got:

Assize - from Merriam Webster Dictionary

Definition of ASSIZE
1
a : a judicial inquest
b : an action to be decided by such an inquest, the writ for instituting it, or the verdict or finding rendered by the jury
2
a : the former periodical sessions of the superior courts in English counties for trial of civil and criminal cases —usually used in plural
b : the time or place of holding such a court, the court itself, or a session of it —usually used in plural
I'm still not sure what to think after reading this.