See also:

• ASSESSOR (Lat. assessare, assidere, to sit by)

ASSESSOR (See also:

• LAT

Lat. assessare, assidere, to sit by)  , a -See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• TERM

term originally applied to a trained lawyer who sat beside a See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province or other See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate, to instruct him in the ad-ministration of the See also:

• LAWS

laws (see See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

Roll, De assessoribus magistraluum Romanorum, See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1872) . The See also:

• SYSTEM

system is still exemplified in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, where it is usual in the larger towns for municipal magistrates, in the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of their See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction, to have the aid of professional assessors . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, by the Judicature See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1873, the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal and the High Court may in any cause or See also:

• MATTER

matter See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call in the aid of assessors . The See also:

• PATENTS

Patents Act 1907 makes See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision for assessors in patent and See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade-See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark cases . By the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1891 the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Lords may, in appeals in See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty actions, call in the aid of assessors, while in the admiralty See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the High Court it is usual for the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

Elder Brethren of Trinity House to assist as nautical assessors . In admiralty cases in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county courts, too, the See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge is frequently assisted by assessors of " nautical skill and experience " (County Court Admiralty Jurisdiction Act 1868) . In the ecclesiastical courts assessors assist the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop in proceedings under the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church Discipline Act 1840, S . 11, while under the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

Clergy Discipline Act 1892, s . 2, they assist the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor in determining questions of fact . By the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, s . 14, the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king in See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council may make rules for the attendance of archbishops and bishopsas assessors in the See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing of ecclesiastical cases by the judk1al See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the privy council . The term " See also:

• ASSESSOR (Lat. assessare, assidere, to sit by)

assessor " is also very generally applied to persons appointed to ascertain and See also:

• FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix the value of rates, taxes, &c., and in this sense the word is used in the See also:

• UNITED

United States .

In See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and in all See also:

• EUROPEAN

European countries where the civil See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law system prevails, the term assesseur is applied to those assistant See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges who, with a See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president, compose a judicial court . In See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany an Assessor, or Beisitzer; is a member of the legal profession who has passed four years in actual practice and become qualified for the position of a judge .