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associate justice.See JUSTICE(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

associate judge.See JUDGE.[Blacks Law 8th]

associated  person.Securities.  1.  A  partner,  officer,  director,  branch  manager  of  a  broker  or dealer,  or  any  person  performing  similar  functions  or  occupying  a  similar  status,  any  person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the broker or dealer, or  any  employee of  the  broker  or  dealer  —  with  two  exceptions: (1) …

associate attorney.See ATTORNEY.[Blacks Law 8th]

associate agent.See AGENT(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

associate,n.1. A colleague or companion. 2. A junior member of an organization or profession; esp., a lawyer in a law firm, usu. with fewer than a certain number of years in practice, who may, upon  achieving  the  requisite  se-niority,  receive  an  offer  to  become  a  partner  or  shareholder.  — Also termed associate attorney. 3.Hist. English…

assizor. See ASSIZER.[Blacks Law 8th]

assize utrum (yoo-tr<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. A writ to determine whether land claimed by a church was held by lay or spiritual tenure. • This writ is named after its emphatic word, which required  the  fact-finder  to  determine  whether  (utrum)  the  land  belonged  to  the  church.  —  Also termed (erroneously) assize of utrum; assize de utrum.…

Assizes   de   Jerusalem   (<<schwa>>-sIz-<<schwa>>z   d<<schwa>>   j<<schwa>>-roo-s<< schwa>>-l<<schwa>>m). A code of feudal law intended to serve as the law of the lands conquered by  the  Crusaders.  •  The  code  was  prepared  in  the  12th  century  after  the  1099  conquest  of Jerusalem.[Blacks Law 8th]

assizer,n. Hist. 1.A member of a grand assize. See grand assize under ASSIZE(5).2.Scots law. A juror. 3. One  having  custody of the standards of weight and  measure; esp.,  one  who fixes the assize  of  bread,  ale,  and  other  items  of  general  consumption.  —  Also  spelled  assizor;  assiser; assisor.[Blacks Law 8th]