Rented or farmed out for a specified assise; that is, a payment of a certain assessed rent in money or provisions. … [Read more...]

Weregeld or compensation by a pecuniary mulct Cowell. … [Read more...]

Eng. law. This was the name of an ancient court; it derived its name from assideo, to sit together. It was a kind of jury before which no evidence was adduced, their verdict being regarded as a statement of facts, which they knew of their own knowledge. 2. The name of assize was also given to a remedy for the restitution of a freehold, of which the complainant had been … [Read more...]

The act by which the rights of a widow, in her deceased husband's real estate, are ascertained and set apart for her benefit. … [Read more...]

To transfer to another, via sale or gift, the legal right or responsibility (usually per a contract) to another. contracts; practice. 1. To make a right over to another; as to assign an estate, an annuity, a bond, over to another. 2. To appoint; as, to appoint a deputy, Justices are also said to be assigned to keep the peace. 3. To set forth or point out; as, to assign errors, … [Read more...]