assize

英 [ə'saɪz] 美 [ə'saɪzɪz]
  • n. 法令,条令;巡回审判;法定标准

中文词源


assize 法令,条令;巡回审判;立法会议

来自古法语assise。前缀as- 同ad-. 词根sid, 坐,同sit, session. 借指开庭。单词size为该词缩写。因旧时法庭不仅有审判断案职能,同时兼管规范经济生活中尺寸,重量,款罚,税收标准等职能,因而衍生此义。比较中国古代县官的职责。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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.

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