assize Copy link Outline 1. conventus, ūs2. fŏrum (rare)II. The price of any commodity as fixed by public authority • assize: I. A court of justice held in the provinces: 1. conventus, ūs: Caesar departed into Italy to hold the a.s, Caesar in Italiam ad conventus agendos profectus est, Caes.: the a.s having been concluded, conventibus peractis, Caes.: towns in which the judges are accustomed to hold the a.s, oppida in quibus praetores conventum agere solent, Cic. Phr.: a judge of a., *qui conventibus jus dicit. 2. fŏrum (rare): Appius is holding an a., Appius forum agit, Cic.: v. also trial, justice, court of. II. The price of any commodity as fixed by public authority: *pretium a magistratibus constitutum.