Assise

assize.

In English law. A species a certain number of men, usually and who sit together for that purpose and petite, v. Grand assise; Petite action to determine the right of possession; the verdict upon such a court upon such a writ A court; An assise; a species of jury common /itroto, or jury, though or real action; a court, or the or law; a fixed time; a fixed quantity, quality, price, etc., re-; a tax or tribute fixed by law; assise of arms; a statute rethe common defense. Assisa nonsuited. Assisa continaaudo: of assise to continue a cause Assisa de Clarendon: the assise of the tenth year of Henry IT., to abjure the realm to procure de mensnris: assise of measr measures established in the nocnmento: assise of nuisance assise and assay of bread. Assisa forest; a statute or ordinance I. concerning the royal foresta. fortise: assise of fresh force, of parliament Assisa jnris mortis antecessoris, or de d' ancestor, q. v. Assisa novae an assise of novel disseisin, assise of bread and ale or beer; a the sale, etc. Assisa prorothe assises because one of the business. Assisa nltimae prsesenan assise of darrein presents assise of commodities salable recognitura, or ad recoguoscenrecognize. Assisse statntSB et [to be kept], v. Assise; Grand Fixed or established; ordained. of jury; a jury consisting of twelve, summoned to try a cause,; they are of two kinds, grand assise. A species of writ or real possession of lands and to recover writ; the entire proceeding in the sittings of a court A statfixed, reduced to a certainty in fine. A tax or tribute. Assise of darrein presentment: an assise ■which lay for a tenant in fee or in tail, where he or his ancestors had presented or had the last presentation to a church, and the clerk had been instituted, and the plaintiff was afterwards hindered in presenting to the same church; also for a tenant for life or years, if he had himself presented. Assise, or bill of fresh force: 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 city or borough, — so called because it was to be sued within forty days after accrual of title. Assise of mort d'ancestor: a possessory writ founded on the possession of the ancestor, which lay for the heir, where his father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece was seized in fee of any lands, tenements or rents, and died being so seized, and a stranger, after such death, abated. 'Assise of no Tel disseisin: a writ or action which lay where a tenant in fee-simple, fee-tail or for life was disseised of his lands, tenements or hereditaments, — so called because an assise upon a disseisin committed after the last eyre, a disseisin committed before being called an ancient disseisin. Assise of nuisance: an assise or writ which lay to remove a nuisance, and to recover damages. Assise of ntrum: an assise which lay for a parson, prebendary or vicar to recover lands and tenements, belonging to the church, which were alienated by the predecessor; or of which he was disseised; or which were recovered against him by verdict, confession or default, without praying in aid of the patron and ordinary; or on which any person had intruded since the predecessor's death.