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Trial by grand assize

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A trial by a jury or grand assize of sixteen knights, which a defendant could elect in lieu of a trial by battel. See 3 Bl. Comm. 351.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

a peculiar mode of trini allowed in writs of right. See Assize; Grand Assize.

Defined under Trial in Black's Law Dictionary.