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Meaning of assisa | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈas.sɪ.sa]

Definitions

  1. onrush of the tide
    Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine
  2. session (of a court)
    Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
  3. jury
    Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
  4. the tide
    Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
  5. sentence
    Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
  6. lawsuit
    Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
  7. statute, writ, ordinance
    Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
  8. tax, impost, tribute
    Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
  9. assembly of nobles
    Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

Bosanski sisa
English assize
Galego sisa
Hrvatski sisa
Српски sisa

Examples

“assisa de nocumentō”

assize of nuisance (a writ issued for the remedy of a nuisance)

“[…] si aliquis de dictis hominibus die prefato non redderet hujus modi assisiam quam deberet, major ville de Salcia, vel ille qui fuerit loco majoris, tenebitur, in crastino dicti festi sancti Martini, facere reddi dictam assisiam, vel facere satisfieri, mandato dicti Manasseri, in vadio competenti.”

[…] if any of the said men on the day mentioned does not deliver such tribute that he owes, the mayor of the town of Saulces, or he who represents the mayor, will be obliged to make the said tribute on the day after the said feast of Saint Martin, or to have it satisfied, by the command of the said Manasses, in an appropriate pledge.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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