assizer
assizer noun: an officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures. Also the alternative form of assizor.
Noun
assizer (plural assizers)
- An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures.
- In the case of any such weighing instruments, weights or measures as are referred to in Sub-section (2), the position thereof shall be notified in writing to the assizer before the expiry of the time fixed by the Council in accordance with Sub-section (1), and any person who shall fail so to notify...1916, Johannesburg (South Africa). City Council, Minutes of 337th Meeting of the Municipal Council
- Any person appointed as an assizer or inspector in pursuance of an agreement referred to in subsection (1) shall have all the powers and duties of an assizer or inspector, as the case may be, under this Act but only within the area to which such agreement relates.1958, The Statute Law of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, page 116
Also used as
assizer is also the alternative form of assizor.
Forms of assizer
| plural | assizers |
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Origin of assizer
From assize + -er.
Questions about assizer
- What does assizer mean?
- Assizer means an officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures.
- What part of speech is assizer?
- Assizer is a noun.
- What is the plural of assizer?
- The plural of assizer is assizers.
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