单词 | recognition of assize |
释义 | > as lemmasrecognition of assize 1. Law. A form of inquiry or inquest by jury first introduced to England by the early Norman kings; an instance of this. Also recognition of assize. Now historical.The chief source for this term is R. de Glanville's Tractatus de Legibus Angliæ. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > judicial inquiry > by jury recognizancea1325 recognitionc1430 c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 357/2 It [sc. a dispute over possession of land] sal proced to recognicion. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 598 (MED) We comaunde the..to make redy ther the recognytours, And put..the forsaid Robert and Iohn..that thei be there to hire that recognycion. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 58 It rests that we speik of divers recognitions. 3. Some recognition is called of mortancestrie. 1666 Exact Abridgem. All Statutes 469 They shall be imprisoned, until the King hath discharged them by redemption, recognition of Assize, Judgement, or some other way. 1711 T. Madox Hist. & Antiq. Exchequer xi. 287 He and his heirs might not be put into any Assize, jury, or Recognition. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. iii. 346 The new method of inquiry, which was called a recognition of assize. 1994 G. White in E. King Anarchy King Stephen's Reign iv. 132 In 1147-52 the justice and sheriff of Essex were ordered to hold a recognition by men of three hundreds into whether the canons of St Martin's, London were seised of Maldon marsh between specific dates. < as lemmas |
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