- assize rent
- Fixed rentals of freeholders and copyholders of a manor.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
assize rent
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rent — Verb: To obtain possession of premises under a lease. To let premises. Noun: Compensation in money, provisions, chattels, of services, paid or given in exchange for the use and occupation of real estate. 32 Am J1st L & T § 428. A sum stipulated… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Assize — As*size , n. [OE. assise, asise, OF. assise, F. assises, assembly of judges, the decree pronounced by them, tax, impost, fr. assis, assise, p. p. of asseoir, fr. L. assid?re to sit by; ad + sed[=e]re to sit. See {Sit}, {Size}, and cf. {Excise},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rent of assize — Etymology: rent (I) : a fixed rent paid by freeholders or ancient copyholders of an English manor … Useful english dictionary
rents of assize — The certain and determined rents of the freeholders and ancient copyholders of manors. Apparently so called because they were assized or made certain, and so distinguished from a redditus mobilis, which was a variable or fluctuating rent … Black's law dictionary
writ of assize — A remedy which the law has provided for a freehold rent, when it is unjustly taken away. The writ also lay to try the mere possessory title to an estate. Farley v Craig, 11 NJL 262, 272 … Ballentine's law dictionary
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assise — Assize As*size , n. [OE. assise, asise, OF. assise, F. assises, assembly of judges, the decree pronounced by them, tax, impost, fr. assis, assise, p. p. of asseoir, fr. L. assid?re to sit by; ad + sed[=e]re to sit. See {Sit}, {Size}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
size — Assize As*size , n. [OE. assise, asise, OF. assise, F. assises, assembly of judges, the decree pronounced by them, tax, impost, fr. assis, assise, p. p. of asseoir, fr. L. assid?re to sit by; ad + sed[=e]re to sit. See {Sit}, {Size}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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