assizes

1. 1.

   the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)

   Synonymscourt of assizecourt of assize and nisi prius

   Broadercourt

Other forms of assizes

plural

assizeses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about assizes

What does assizes mean?

assizes means "the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)".

How many syllables are in assizes?

assizes has 3 syllables: as-si-zes. The stress falls on "as".

What is another word for assizes?

Close synonyms include court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is assizes a common word?

assizes is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.