| Word | assize |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. A court that sits at intervals in each region to administer law. |
| Sentence | As quaestor, Caesar was appointed to Further Spain, where the praetorian governor sent him off on an assize circuit. |
| Source | Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, Divus Julius, p. 3 |
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