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Lat. [L. Fr. assise, assis.'j In old English law and practice. An assise; a species of jury or inquest. Assisavenit recognitura, or ad recognoscendum; the assise comes, or came to recognii^. Idtt. sect. 234. 7 Co. 1. 9 Id. 1. Distinguished from the common jurata, or jury; though it was often turned into it. Vertitur assisa injuratam; the assise is turned into a jury. Bract, fol. 210 b. 3 Bl. Com. 402. Cadit assisa, nee est capienda ut assisa, sed vertitur injuratam; the assise falls, nor is it to be taken as an assise, but is turned into a jury. Bract, fol. 192 b. Videndum erit utrum assisa eapiatur in modum assisse velin modum jurata; it must be considered whether the assise be taken in the manner of an assise, or in manner of a jury. Id. fol. 215 b. See Assise. Britton has a chapter entitled " De assises toumes en jures.** Britt. c. 51. Magna assisa; the grand assise, (q. v.) Distinguished by Bracton from llie inquisitio patrujs. Bract. fol. 15 b. A species of writ, or real action. Assisa noves disseysina; an assise of novel disseisin. Bract, lib. 4, tract. 1. Assisa u/timcB pressentatianis; an assise of darrein presentment. Id. lib. 4, tract. 2. Assisa cadere; to fail in an assise. See Cadere. This kind of assise is frequently termed by Glanville, recognitio, 1 Beeves' Hist. Ja. Law, 186. A court, or the sittings of a court. Usque ad primam assisam { until the first assise. Reg, Orig. 196 b. Bract fol. 179. ABf Ua generalis is mentioned by Sir William Blackstone as an old name of parliament, on the authority of Glanville, whom he cites. Glanv, lib. 9, c. 10. 1 Bl, Com, 148, note (g). The same passage however is cited by Spelman as an illustration of the use of the word assisa in the sense of a statute or ordinance; which is confirmed by the authority of Bracton. See infra, A statute, ordinance or 'law. Fernullam assisam generalem; by no general law. Glanv, lib. 9, c. 10. Assisae, statutcB etjuratoe; assises, ordained, and sworn [to be kept.] Bract fol. 120 b. LegeB et constitutiones, et assisas in regno provisos, et approbatas, etjuratas. Id. fol. 55 b. See 1 Beeves' Hist Ung, Law, 86, 215. Speltnan, voc. Assisa. A fixed or specified time, {tempus definiturn). Glanv, lib. IS, c. 32. Spelman, A fixed or certain number. Spelman, A specified or determinate quantity, quality, weight, measure, price, Ac, required by law in certain commodities. Spelman. See Assisa venalium. A tax or tribute, as fixed by law. Spelman, A fine or mulct. Id. Assisa de clarendon. The assise of Clarendon. A statute or ordinance passed in* the tenth year of Henry XL, by which those that were accused of any heinous dime, and not able to purge themselves, but must abjure the realm, had liberty of forty days to stay and try what succour they could G^et of their friends towards their sustenance m exile. j Sroc^ fol. 136. Co, Litt 159 a. CowelL This must not be confounded with the assises of Clarendon, as the famous constitutiobs of that name were sometimes called. See Clarendon. Absiba forests, or de Foresta, L. Lat. Assise of the forest. A statute or ordinance concerning the royal forests, passed in the thirty-fourth year of Edward I. Co. Litt 159 b. Otherwise called Ordinatio Foresta. 2 Reeves' Hist Eng, Law, 106, lOY. See Ordinatio Foresta. Assisa frisc^ forti^. L. Lat. Assise of fresh force. Reg, Grig. 16 b. See Assise of fresh force. Assisa b Iortis antecbssobis. L. Lat. Assist of mort d'ancestor. Bract, lib. 4, tract. 3. Called also assisa de morte antecessoris. See Assise of mort d'ancestor. ASSIBA SOYM DISSETSINiG. L. Lat. Assise of novel disseisin. Bract, lib. 4, tract. 1. Called also assisa de nova disseisina. See Assise of novel disseisin, Assisa panis et CERSvisiiB. L. Lat. 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 br^ and ale; sometimes called the statute of bread and ale. Co. Litt 159 b. 2 Reeves' Hist Eng, Law, 56. Cowell, Bract fol. 155. Spelman considers the statutes passing under the names of assisa panis, assisa vini et eervisics, d^c, to belong to an earlier period. The power or privilege of assising or adjusting the weights and measures of bread and beer. Cowell, Assisa ultimje PRiissENTATio Nis. L. Lat* Assise of darrem presentment. Bract. lib. 4, tract. 2. Called also assisa de tUHma prasentatione. See Assise of darrein presentment. Assisa utbuh. L. Lat. Asose of utrum. Bract, lib. 4, tract. 4. See Assise ofutrum. Assisa vENALinii. L. Lat. The i of saleable commodities, or of things exposed for sale. The regulation of the sale of certain articles, (usually the common necessaries of life,) by public authority; defining or fixing the quantity, weight, quality, &c., to be sold for a certain price. A phrase formerly in frequent use m old English, Scotch and continental law. Spelman voc. Assisa.