Assay Office
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An establishment, or department, in which the manipulations at tending the assay of bullion and coins are conducted. See "Assay." c. 12, who received and tested the bullion taken in for coining. Also called asaaya,tor regis. Cowell; Termes de la Ley. ASSECURARE (Lat.) To assure; to make secure by pledges, or any solemn interposition of faith. Spelman; Cowell.