ASSISA PANIS ET CEREVISIAE

assisa panis et cerevisiae ([schwa]-sI-z[schwa] pan-is et ser-[schwa]-vish-ee-ee), n. [Law Latin “assize of bread and ale”] Hist. A statute passed in the 51st year of the reign of Henry III, regulating the sale of bread and ale. — Also termed statute of bread and ale.