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GRAND ASSIZE

\ɡɹˈand ɐsˈa͡ɪz], \ɡɹˈand ɐsˈa‍ɪz], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_n_d ɐ_s_ˈaɪ_z]\

Definitions of GRAND ASSIZE

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)

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A peculiar species of trial by jury, introduced in the time of Heniy II., giving the tenant or defendant in a writ of right the alternative of a trial by battel, or by his peers. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 42,

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
By Henry Campbell Black

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