Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

assize

Read a random definition: acceptance company

A quick definition of assize:

Assize is a word that can mean a few different things. It can be a session of a court or council, a law that sets the measure, weight, or price of something, or a jury trial. In the past, there were different types of assizes for different legal situations, like the assize of novel disseisin for a tenant who was kicked off their land or the assize of nuisance for a landowner suffering from a nuisance on someone else's land. Overall, an assize is a way of resolving legal disputes and making sure things are fair and just.

A more thorough explanation:

An assize is a session of a court or council. It can also refer to a law enacted by such a body, usually one setting the measure, weight, or price of a thing.

  • Maiden assize: An assize in which no prisoner is sentenced to death.
  • Assize of Arms: An 1181 statute requiring every man to keep arms suitable to his station in life.
  • Assize of Clarendon: A decree issued in 1166 by Henry II to the justices in eyre and sheriffs concerning criminal procedure.
  • Grand assize: A sworn panel summoned by judicial writ to resolve disputes concerning real property.
  • Petite assize: An assize begun by an original writ.

These examples illustrate the different types of assizes that existed in English law. For instance, the Assize of Arms required every man to keep arms suitable to his station in life. The Grand Assize was a sworn panel summoned by judicial writ to resolve disputes concerning real property. The Petite Assize was an assize begun by an original writ.

assisted self-determination | assizer

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
medicine is a scam
join the ethically ambiguous legal field instead
Dkk
18:57
I want to meet an attorney that defends clients who run into flat earth problems. I want an attorney that knows and believes in flat earth theory.
19:05
i want a flat earther for president. i want a guy who posts on 4chan for president. i want someone who mogs for president.
Dkk
19:18
Exactly. My version of that awful poem.
Dkk
19:19
I can accept a president with maybe one or two of the poems traits hut good God, all of them??? No ty.
windyMagician
19:20
president who respects sex is crazy
windyMagician
19:20
we had bill clinton already
Dkk
19:21
Bill Clinton, first and last black president
windyMagician
19:23
I want to go running but my leg feels weird
windyMagician
19:23
it doesn't hurt its just tingly
Dkk
19:26
It needs more alcohol. You tingle when your nerves need watering.
19:27
try stretching it maybe to see what's up
windyMagician
19:27
stretches make me think it's just soreness
windyMagician
19:27
I'm sober lol
Dkk
19:38
Anyone else get the google notification that your LSD password has been compromised lol. LSD got hacked.
20:48
what.jpg @Dkk
CynicalOops
21:03
You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
jackfrost11770
21:10
nope dk
CynicalOops
22:37
Calvinamala Harris
jackfrost11770
23:16
should i start using letterboxed again
Dkk
23:25
@jackfrost11770: if you want but like it aint for me
dk do u ever eat at bk
Dkk
23:48
@chickenburgahfart: I would do that in the Army if really desperate for food or if I had to work through lunch. One of the few fast food places I go to.
bk so slept on
Dkk
0:23
I will take In N Out everyday over it when I can though.
texaslawhopefully
1:22
In N Out is not only the best fast food place, but the prices too are fantastic
Dkk
1:27
Indeed, indeed.
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.