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assize (<<schwa>>-sIz), n.1. A session of a court or council. maiden assize.Hist. 1.An assize in  which no  prisoner is  sentenced to  death. 2.  An assize in which the sheriff presents the judges with white gloves because there are no prisoners to try. • This practice stemmed from a custom in which a prisoner who was…

assisted suicide.See SUICIDE.[Blacks Law 8th]

assisted self-determination.See assisted suicide under SUICIDE.[Blacks Law 8th]

assisted   reproductive   technology.Family   law.   Any   medical   means   of   aiding   human reproduction,  esp.  through  laboratory  procedures.  —  Abbr.  ART.  —  Also  termed  assisted reproduction; assisted-reproductive therapy.[Blacks Law 8th]

assisted  conception.Family  law.  The  fertilization  of  a  woman’s  egg  with  a  man’s  sperm  by some  means  other  than  sexual  intercourse.  See  ARTIFICIAL  INSEMINATION  ;  IN  VITRO FERTILIZATION;         GAMETE         INTRA-FALLOPIAN         TRANSFER;         ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER .[Blacks Law 8th]

Assistant United States Attorney.See UNITED STATES ATTORNEY.[Blacks Law 8th]

assistant jurisdiction.See JURISDICTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

assistance of counsel.Representation by a lawyer, esp. in a criminal case. • The phrase in its modern uses derives from the Sixth Amendment: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right … to have the assis-tance of counsel for his defense.” U.S. Const. amend. VI. See RIGHT TO COUNSEL . [Cases: Criminal Law   …

Assistant    Commissioner    for    Trademarks.See    commissioner    for    trademarks    under COMMISSIONER.[Blacks Law 8th]

Assistant Commissioner for Patents.See commissioner for patents under COMMISSIONER.[Blacks Law 8th]