Assise of measures. A common rule for weights and measures, established throughout England by Richard I., in the eighth year of hia reign. Hale, Com. Law, c. 7.
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ASSISA DE NOCUMENTO
An assise of nuisance ; a writ to abate or redress a nuisance.
ASSISA DE UT- RNM
An obsolete writ, which lay for the parson of a church whose predecessor had alienated the land and rents of it.
ASSISA FRISCSE FORTIAE
Assise of fresh force, which see.
ASSISA MORTIS D’ANCESTORIS
Assise of mort (fancestor, which see.
ASSISA NOVAE DISSEY- SINSE
Assise of novel disseisin , which see.
ASSISA PANIS ET CEREVISISE
Assise of bread and ale, or beer. The name of a statute passed in the fifty-first year of Henry III., containing regulations for the sale of bread and ale; sometimes […]
ASSISA PROROGANDA
An obsolete writ, which was directed to the judges assigned to take assises, to stay proceedings , by reason of a party to them being employed in the king’s business. […]
ASSISA ULTIMSE PRSESENTATIONIS
Assise of darrein presentment , (q. v.}
ASSISA VENA- LINM
The assise of salable commodities , or of things exposed for sale.
ASSISE OF CLARENDON
See ASSISA.
ASSISE OF DARREIN PRESENTMENT
A writ of assise which formerly lay when a man or his ancestors under whom he claimed presented a clerk to a benefice, who was instituted, and afterwards, upon the […]
ASSISE OF FRESH FORCE
In old English practice. A writ which lay by the usage and custom of a city or borough, where a man was disseised of his lands and tenements in such […]
ASSISE OF MORT D’ANCESTOR
A real action which lay to recover land of which a person had been deprived on the death of his ancestor by the abatement or intrusion of a stranger. 3 […]
ASSISE OF NNISANCE
A writ of assise which lay where a nuisance had been committed to the complainant ‘s freehold ; either for abatement of the nuisance or for damages.
ASSISE OF NOVEL DISSEISIN
A writ of assise which lay for the recovery of lands or tenements, where the claimant had been lately disseised.
ASSISE OF THE FOREST
A statute touching orders to be observed in the king’s forests. Manwood, 35.
ASSISE RENTS
The certain established rents of the freeholders and ancient copyholders of a manor; so called because they are assised, or made precise and certain.
ASSISE, OR ASSIZE
1. An ancient species of court, consisting of a certain number of men, usually twelve, who were summoned together to try a disputed cause, performing the functions of a jury, […]
ASSISER
An assessor; juror; an officer who has the care and oversight of weights and measures.
ASSISORS
In Scotch law. Jurors; the persons who formed that kind of court which in Scotland was called an “assise,” for the purpose of inquiring into and judging divers civil causes, […]
ASSIST
TO help; aid; succor; lend countenance or encouragement to; participate in as an auxiliary. People v. Hayne, 83 Cal. Ill, 23 Fac. 1, 7 L. R. A. 348, 17 Am. […]
ASSISTANT
An employee that helps someone with higher rank than them intheir activities.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
the aid and subordinate to a state or a federal attorney general . See attorney general.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Equipment that is placed in a business to help a person with disabilities. It can be furniture, appliances, or software. AKA adaptive technology.