assize
n . 立法会议,法令
立法会议,法令
assize n 1 :
the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale 2 :
an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property Assize \
As *
size "\,
n . [
OE .
assise ,
asise ,
OF .
assise ,
F .
assises ,
assembly of judges ,
the decree pronounced by them ,
tax ,
impost ,
fr .
assis ,
assise ,
p .
p .
of asseoir ,
fr .
L .
assid ?
re to sit by ;
ad sed [=
e ]
re to sit .
See {
Sit }, {
Size },
and cf . {
Excise }, {
Assess }.]
1 .
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 . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Law )
(
a )
A special kind of jury or inquest .
(
b )
A kind of writ or real action .
(
c )
A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ .
(
d )
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 .
(
e )
Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time ,
number ,
quantity ,
quality ,
weight ,
measure ,
etc .;
as ,
rent of assize . --
Glanvill . --
Spelman .
--
Cowell . --
Blackstone . --
Tomlins . --
Burrill .
Note : [
This term is not now used in England in the sense of a writ or real action ,
and seldom of a jury of any kind ,
but in Scotch practice it is still technically applied to the jury in criminal cases . --
Stephen . --
Burrill .
--
Erskine .]
(
f )
A court ,
the sitting or session of a court ,
for the trial of processes ,
whether civil or criminal ,
by a judge and jury . --
Blackstone . --
Wharton . --
Encyc .
Brit .
(
g )
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 .
--
Brande . --
Wharton . --
Craig . --
Burrill .
(
h )
The time or place of holding the court of assize ; --
generally in the plural ,
assizes .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Measure ;
dimension ;
size . [
In this sense now corrupted into {
size }.]
[
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An hundred cubits high by just assize . --
Spenser .
[
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Formerly written ,
as in French , {
assise }.]
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Assize \
As *
size "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Assized };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Assizing }.] [
From {
Assize },
n .:
cf .
LL .
assisare to decree in assize .
Cf . {
Asses },
v .]
1 .
To assess ;
to value ;
to rate . [
Obs .] --
Gower .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To fix the weight ,
measure ,
or price of ,
by an ordinance or regulation of authority . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
ASSIZE ,
Eng .
law .
This was the name of an ancient court ;
it derived its name from assideo ,
to sit together .
Litt .
s .
234 ;
Co .
Litt .
153 b .,
159 b .
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 .
Bract .
iv .
1 ,
6 .
2 .
The name of assize was also given to a remedy for the restitution of a freehold ,
of which the complainant had been disseised .
Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .
Assizes were of four kinds :
Mort d '
ancestor Novel Disseisin Darrien Presentment ;
and Utrum .
Neale '
s F . &
F .
84 .
This remedy has given way to others less perplexed and more expeditious .
Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .;
Co .
Litt .
153 -
155 .
3 .
The final judgment for the plaintiff in an assize of Novel Disseisin ,
is ,
that he recover per visum recognitorum ,
and it is sufficiently certain .
if the recognitors can put the demandant in possession .
Dyer ,
84 b ;
10 Wentw .
Pl .
221 ,
note .
In this action ,
the plaintiff cannot be compelled to be nonsuited .
Plowd .
11 b .
See 17 Serg . &
R .
187 ;
1 Rawle ,
Rep .
48 ,
9 .
4 .
There is ,
however ,
in this class of actions ,
an interlocutory judgment ,
or award in the nature of a judgment ,
and which to divers intents and purposes ,
is a judgment ;
11 Co .
Rep .
40 b ;
like the judgment of quod computet ,
in account render ;
or quod partitio fiat ,
in partition ;
quod mensuratio fiat ;
ouster of aid ;
award of a writ of inquiry ,
in waste .;
of damages in trespass ;
upon these and the like judgments ,
a writ of error does not lie .
11 Co .
Rep .
40 a ;
Metcalf '
s Case ,
2 Inst .
344 a :
24 Ed .
III ,
29 B 19 .
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