Assoil
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
ASSOILE, or ASSOILYIE. To set free; to deliver from excommunication. St. 1 Hen. IV. c. 7; Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Toabsolve; acquit; to set free; to deliver from excommunication, St. 1 Hen. LY. c 7; Cowell.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Assoilzie, sc, Assoiler./r. To acquit, absolve; to deliver from excommunication.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Assoyle. L. Fr, and Eng. Sfrom Lat. ahsolvere.l ^^ deliver or set i-ee from excommunication. Staundf. PL Cor. 72. To free or clear from guilt, or its consequences; to pardon, forgive or absolve. Richardson's Diet. Stat. 1 Ifen. IV. c. 10. Chart. 80 Udw. III. cited in Blount. See Absoile.