DE MAGNA ASSISA ELIGENDA

de magna assisa eligenda (dee mag-n[schwa] [schwa]-sI-z[schwa] el-i-jen-d[schwa]), n. [Law Latin “of choosing the grand assize”] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to summon 4 knights to give oaths before the justices of assize and then choose 12 more knights to form a grand assize to determine who had the right in a writ of […]