Assisa De Clarendon
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The statute of Clarendon, passed 10 Hen. II., allowing an additional time for preparation to persons compelled to abjure the realm. See "Abjuration."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The assise of Clarendon. A statute or ordinance passed m the tenth year of Henry II., by which those that were accused of any heinous crime, and not able to purge themselves, but must abjure the realm, had liberty of forty days to stay and try what succor they could get of their friends towards their sustenance in exile. Bract, fol. 136; Co.. Litt 159; Cowell.
Defined under Assisa in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The as. 'gise of Clarendon. A statute or ordinance passed in the tenth year of Henry II., by which those that were accused of any heinous crime, and not able to purge themselves, but must abjure the realm, had liberty of forty days to stay and try what succor they could get of their friends towards their sustenance in exile. Bract. fol. 186; Co. Litt. 159a; Cowell.