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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

To acquit; to set free; to free from excommunication.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To absolve; acquit; to set free; to deliver from excommunication. St. 1 Hen. IV. c. 7; Cowell.

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.