To fail in the as-sise; i. e., to be nonsuited. Cowell; 3 Bl. Comm. 402
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Assignees; those to whom property shall have been transferred. Now seldom used except in the phrase, in deeds, “helrs, administrators, and assigns.” Grant v. Carpenter, 8 R. I. 36; Bally v. De Cres-pigny, 10 Best & S. 12
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In old Engllsh and Scotch law. An assise; a kind of jury or inquest; a writ; a sitting of a court; au ordinance or statute; a fixed or specific time, number, quantity, quality, price, or weight; a tribute, fine, or tax; a .real action; the name of a writ. See Assise
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one who makes an assign-ment of any kind; one who assigns or trans-fers property
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A person to whom an assignment is made. Allen v. Pancoast, 20 N. J. Law, 74; Ely v. Cora'rs, 49 Mich. 17. 12 N. W. 893, 13 N. W. 784. The term is commonly used in reference to personal property; but it is not incorrect, in some cases, to apply it to realty, e. g., “assignee of the reversion.”
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That may he assigned or transferred; transferable; negotiable, as a bill of exchange. Comb. 176; Story, Bills, 5 17
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A Scotch law term equivalent to assignment, (q. v
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An affirmation ; a posi-tive assertion; a solemn declaration. This word is seldom, If ever, used for a declara-tion mnde under oath, hut denotes a declare-tlon accompanied with solemnity or an appeal to conscience
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To draw or drain water from marsh grounds. Cowell
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An officer chosen or ap-pointed to appraise, value, or assess property
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In probate law. Property of a decedent available for the payment of debts and legacies; the estate coming to the heir or personal representative which is charge-able, in law or equity, with the obligations which such heir or representative is required, in his representative capacity, to discharge
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iodical demands made by a mutual insurance company, under its charter and by-laws, upon the makers of premium notes, are also denominated “assessments." Hill v. Insurance Co., 129 Mich. 141, 88 N. W. 392
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1. To ascertain, adjust, and settle the respective shares to be contributed by several persons toward an object beneficial to them all, in proportion to the benefit received
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In a .general sense, de-notes the process of ascertaining and adjust-ing the shares respectively to he contributed by several persons towards a common beuefi-cial object according to the benefit received
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Compliance; approval of some-thing done; a declaration of willingness to do something in compliance with a request Norton v. Davis, 83 Tex. 32, 18 8. W. 430; Appeal of Pittsburgh, 115 Pa. 4, 7 Atl. 778; Canal Co.' v. Railroad Co., 4 Gill & J. (Md.) 1, 30; Baker v. Johnson County, 37 lowa, 189; Fuller v. Kemp (Com. Pl.) 16 N. Y. Supp. 160
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one which affirms that a particular state of facts ex-ists; an affirming promise under seal
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In Scotch law. An old term, used indiscriminately to signify a lease or feu-right. Bell; Ersk. Inst. 2, 6, 20
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The concourse or meeting together of a considerable number of persons at the same place. Also the persons so gathered
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In European law. Assurance; insurance of a vessel, freight, or cargo. Ferriere
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In maritime law. An insurer, (aversor periculi.) Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 2, c. 5, fi 10
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one whose business it is to make assays of the precious metals. ■
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To assure, or make se-* cure by pledges, or any solemn interposition of faith. Cowell; Spelman
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An unlawful attempt or of-fer, on the part of one man, with force or violence, to inflict a bodily hurt upon an-other
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