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A quick definition of assiser:

Term: ASSISER

Definition: An assiser is a person who has the responsibility of ensuring that items of general consumption, such as bread and ale, meet the standards of weight and measure. They were also members of a grand assize or jurors in Scots law. The term can also be spelled as assizor or assisor.

A more thorough explanation:

ASSISER

An assiser is a person who has different roles in different contexts:

  1. In history, an assiser was a member of a grand assize.
  2. In Scots law, an assiser was a juror.
  3. In the context of weights and measures, an assiser was a person who had custody of the standards of weight and measure. They were responsible for fixing the assize of bread, ale, and other items of general consumption.

Example 1: In medieval England, a grand assize was a legal procedure used to settle disputes over land ownership. The grand assize consisted of twelve knights and four assisers.

Example 2: In Scotland, an assiser was a juror who helped to decide the outcome of a trial.

Example 3: In the Middle Ages, an assiser was responsible for ensuring that bread and ale were sold at fair prices. They would measure the weight and volume of these items to ensure that customers were not being cheated.

These examples illustrate the different roles that an assiser could have depending on the context. In each case, the assiser was responsible for ensuring that justice was served and that people were treated fairly.

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texaslawhopefully
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@Dkk: Fair enough, but if you're using political philosophy to defend Trump, it's hard to reconcile him as a candidate with very relevant classic political theory, like Locke's individual rights and limited government as illustrated in the 2nd treatise, or the constitutional framework limiting executive power (e.g., Federalist 51). Trump's disregard for constitutional checks and populist rhetoric directly is in tension with our very foundational principles.
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texaslawhopefully
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Dkk
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@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: ah I see
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texaslawhopefully
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@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: Out of curiosity, since you're in law school and prolly know fedsoc people, how conservative do you think you have to be to be in fedsoc? Like is a david french sort of conservative fairly common in it, or is it the maga type people mainly
i dont interact with any fedsoc people, but i dont know any maga people at cornell. but the student body overwhelmingly leans left, so i think they might not be comfortable showing that theyre conservative if that makes sense?
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texaslawhopefully
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Yeah, that does make sense. I would like to join fedsoc, but I'm also, clearly, very opposed to Trump and where the GOP has gone.
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