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Keywords:  vassals, feudal, decrees, justice, king
Related Terms: Court, Magna carta, Edict, Frankpledge, Decree, Baron, Sheriff, Reeve, Ban, Common law, Essoin, Prohibition, British constitution, Eyre, Bailiff, Recorder, Oath of allegiance, High court, Chancery, Comity, Tithing, Pragmatic sanction, Baronage, Chancery court, Lunarian, Esquire , Inns of court, Judiciary, Quarter sessions, Constable, Case law, Inquest, Justice of the peace, Circuit judge, Barony, Quo warranto, Court of common pleas, Bill of attainder, Attainder, Amercement, Master, Supreme court, Prothonotary, Chancery, Court, Court, Wardship, Sergeant, Chief justice, Scutage
An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
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The periodical sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; -- usually in the plural.
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The meeting of feudal vassals with the king it also refers to decrees issued by the king after such meetings. (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms) A) Rule or regulation; B) procedure in legal actions concerning land. See darrein presentment, mort d'ancestor, Novel Disseisin, utrum; C) itinerant court in which such actions were tried. (Sayles, George O. The King's Parliament of England, 143) A rule, regulation, or law, enforced on the authority of the Crown, though with the assent of the barons, which modified or changed the customary law. By tranference the term came to be applied to legal procedures under assize law (e.g., the "assize" of novel disseisin), and eventually to the courts which entertained such actions and the justices who administered them. (Warren, W.L. Henry II, 633) Related terms: Assize of Bread and Ale / Darrein Presentment / Mort d'Ancestor / Novel Disseisin / Utrum
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Keywords:  writ, jury, inquest, sheriff, sitting
Related Terms: Remittitur, Justice, Appellate jurisdiction, Duces tecum, Certiorari, Appellate court, Appellate, Writ of certiorari, Subpoena duces tecum, Court clerk, Inferior court, Final decree, Court of appeals, Supreme court, Subpoena, Court commissioner, Trial de novo, Holding, Jury panel, Precedent, Superior court, Original jurisdiction, Notice of appeal, Court trial, Adjudication, Summary jury trial, Affirmed, Sub judice, Final decision, Stare decisis, Remand, Adjudicate, Magistrates' court, Decree, Circuit court, Certification, Praecipe, Decision, Court, En banc, Charge to the jury, Venire, Private judging, Prothonotary, Reverse, Per curiam, Chancery court, Concurrent jurisdiction, Final judgment, Clerk of the court
A special kind of jury or inquest.
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A kind of writ or real action.
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A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ.
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Keywords:  ordinance, certainty, weight, regulating, articles
Related Terms: Rules of court, Case law, Rule of law, Procedural law, Prohibition, Clayton act, Promulgate, Common law, Procedure, Equal protection of the law, Statute law, Edict, Direction, Quantity, Legality, Natural justice, Law, Code, Equitable, Weight, Quasi-judicial, Measure, Statutory, Blue sky laws, Holding, Administrative law, Quintal, Legal, Comply, Gauge, Precedent, Sherman antitrust act, Rule, Comity, Substantive law, Index number, Assize, Judicial review, Discretion, Authority, Dollar, Advisory opinion, Antitrust laws, Judicial, Robinson-patman act, Constitutional law, Due process, Ratio scale, Strict scrutiny
A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures.
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Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize.
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Measure; dimension; size.
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Keywords:  cylinder, stone, block, shaped
Block of cylinder-shaped stone.
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Keywords:  assess, value, rate
To assess; to value; to rate.
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