Assigns

Assignees; those to whom property shall have been transferred. Now seldom used except in the phrase, in deeds, "heirs, administrators and assigns."

Grant v. Carpenter, 8 R. I. 30.

ASSISA (Lat. assidcre). Originally an assembly or court; then the enactments of such a court.

1 Iloldsw. H. E. L. 116.

A kind of jury or inquest. For the difference between assisa and jura to, see Jurata. A writ; as, an assize of novel disseisin, assize of common pasture. An ordinance; as, assisa pants.

Littleton § 234; 3 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 402.

A fixed specific time, sum, or quantity. A tribute; tax fixed by law; a fine. Spelman, Gloss.

Assisa armorum

A statute defining the arms which all freemen must carry.

Assisa caderc

To be nonsuited.

Cowell; 3 Bla. Com. 402.

Assisa continuanda

A writ for the continuation of the assize to allow the production of papers.

Reg. Orig. 217.

Assisa do forcsta

Assize of the forest.

Assisa mortis d'ancestoris

Assize of nwrt d'aiitrstre.

Assisa panis ct cerevislm

Assize of bread and ale; a statute (1266) regulating the weight and measure of these articles. Abolished in London in 1S15 and in the rest of England in 1836.

Assisa proroganda

A writ to stay proceedings where one of the parlies is engaged In a suit of the king.

Reg. Orig. 208.

Assisa ultima- prwscntationis

Assize of darrein presentment, which see.

Assisa vena Uum

Statutes regulating the sale of certain articles. Spelman, Gloss. Assisa cadit (or vertitur) in juratam. Where a matter is so doubtful that it must ASSIS0RS. In Scotch Law. Jul