Sessions of the justices or commissioners of assize. See ASSISE.
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ASSIZES DE JERUSALEM
A code of feudal jurisprudence prepared by an assembly of barons and lords A. D. 1099, after the conquest of Jerusalem.
WRIT OF ASSOCIATION
In English practice. A writ whereby certain persons (usuallythe clerk of assize and his subordinate officers) are directed to associate themselveswith the justices and serjeants; and they are required to admit tlie said persons intotheir society in order to take the assizes. 3 Bl. Comm. 50.
VERDEROB
An oflicer of the king’s forest, who is sworu to maintain and keep the assizes of the forest, and to view, receive, and enroll the attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses of vert and venison in the forest Manw. c. 6,
TAKE
1. To lay hold of; to gain or receive into possession; to seize; to deprive one of the possession of; to assume ownership. Thus, it is a constitutional provision that a man’s property shall not be taken for public uses without just compensation. Ev- ansville & C. R. Co. v. Dick, 9 Ind. 433. 2.… Continue Reading TAKE
SCIREWYTE
In old English law. A tax or prestation paid to the sheriff for holding the assizes or county courts. Cowell.
RECOGNIZANCE
An obligation of record, entered into before some court of record, or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act; as to appear at the assizes, or criminal court, to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like. It resembles a bond, but differs from it in being an acknowledgment of… Continue Reading RECOGNIZANCE
PROCUREUR GENERAL, or IMPERIAL
In French law. An officer of the imperial court who either personally or by his deputy prosecutes every one who is accused of a crime according to the forms of French law. His functions appear to be confined to preparing the case for trial at the assizes, assisting in that trial, demanding the sentence in… Continue Reading PROCUREUR GENERAL, or IMPERIAL
NON PONE ND IS IN ASSISIS ET JIJRATIS
A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serving on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 165. Non possessorl incumbit neeessitas probandi possessiones ad se pertinere. A person in possession is not bound to prove that the possessions belong to him. Broom, Max. 714. Non potest adduci exceptio ejus rei cujus petitur dissolutio.… Continue Reading NON PONE ND IS IN ASSISIS ET JIJRATIS
MALBERGE
A hill where the people assembled at a court, like the English assizes ; which by the Scotch and Irish were called “parley hills.” Du Cange.