Assess
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To rate or fix the proportion which every person has to pay of any particular tax. To tax. To adjust the shares of a contribution by several towards a common beneficial object according to the benefit received. To fix the value of; to fix the amount of. As used in a covenant to pay rates, etc., "assessed" means "reckoned on the value."
66 L. J. Ch. 353; [1S97] 1 Ch. 633.