transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈsīz ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English assise, from Anglo-French, session, legal action, from asseer, asseoir to seat, from Vulgar Latin * assedēre, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, assist in the office of a judge, from ad- + sedēre to sit — more at sit
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : a judicial inquest
b. : an action to be decided by such an inquest, the writ for instituting it, or the verdict or finding rendered by the jury
2.
a. : the former periodical sessions of the superior courts in English counties for trial of civil and criminal cases — usually used in plural
b. : the time or place of holding such a court, the court itself, or a session of it — usually used in plural