In dictionaries:
assize court
Historical court for civil, criminal cases.
maiden assize
Court session with no convictions.
court of assize
Historical court for serious crimes.
court of assize and nisi prius
Historical traveling civil and criminal courts.
Assize of Arms of 1181
a proclamation of King Henry II of England concerning the obligation of all freemen of England to possess and bear arms in the service of king and realm and to swear allegiance to the king, on pain of "vengeance, not merely on their lands or chattels, but on their limbs".
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