A mutual agreement, assent, and consent between parties; also a witness or record. … [Read more...]

The right of an employer to fire employees at any time and for any reason or no reason. The employer hires the employee at the employer's will. By the same token, employees may also terminate their employment and leave at any time and for any or no reason. While such employment provides great leeway to employers, they are still prohibited from terminating employees as a result … [Read more...]

To fail in the assise ; i.e., to be nonsuited. Cowell; 3 Bl. Comm. 402. Assisa cadit in juratuxn. The assise falls (turns) into a jury; hence to submit a controversy to trial by jury. … [Read more...]

The aot of a number of persons who unite or join together for some special purpose or business. The union of a company of persons for the transaction of designated affairs, or the attainment of some common object. An unincorporated society; a body of persons united and acting together without a charter, but upon the methods and forms used by incorporated bodies for the … [Read more...]

1. An ancient species of court, consisting of a certain number of men, usually twelve, who were summoned together to try a disputed cause, performing the functions of a jury, except that they gave a verdict from their own investigation and knowledge and not upon evidence adduced. From the fact that they sat together, (assidco,) they were called the "assise." See Bract. 4, 1, 6; … [Read more...]