Certification Or Certificate Of Assise
English Law: Certification or Certificate of Assise in the Past
A term used in the old English law, applicable to a writ granted for the reexamination or re-trial of a matter passed by assise before justices. F. N. B. 181 3 Bl. Com. 389. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The summary motion for a new trial has entirely superseded the use of this writ, which was one of the means devised by the judges to prevent a resort to the remedy by attaint for a wrong verdict. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]
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- Partialy, this information about certification or certificate of assise is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including certification or certificate of assise.
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