Assisus
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
assisa, I. I.
In old English law. Fixed or certain; situated. Assisns reditus: a fixed, certain, set or standing rent.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Rented or farmed out for a specified assise; that is, a payment of a certain assessed rent in money or provisions.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Assisa. L. Lat. [from assidere, to fix or settle.] Fixed or certain. Assisus reditus; a fixed, certain, set or standing rent. Kennett's Par. Ant. 314, 355. Called rent of assise. 2 Bl. Com. 42. Terra assisa; land let or farmed out for a certain assessed rent. Cowell. Situated. Villa de Jermuth assisa est super arenam maris; the town of Yarmouth is situated on the sea shore. Vet. MS. apud Spelman, voc. Assisa.