assize vs regulation

assize

noun
  • A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures. 

  • The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors. 

  • Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc. 

  • A session or inquiry made before a court or jury. 

  • An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. 

verb
  • To assess; to set or fix the quantity or price. 

regulation

noun
  • A numbered provision within such kind of law. 

  • The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated. 

  • A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so. 

  • Mechanism controlling DNA transcription. 

  • A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization. 

  • A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law. 

  • Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis. 

adj
  • In conformity with applicable rules and regulations. 

How often have the words assize and regulation occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )