assize vs rule

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. 

rule

noun
  • A regulation, law, guideline. 

  • A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result. 

  • A regulating principle. 

  • A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure. 

  • A normal condition or state of affairs. 

  • An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit. 

  • A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing. 

  • The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. 

verb
  • To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice. 

  • To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over. 

  • To decide judicially. 

  • To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines). 

  • To excel. 

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