Law Dictionary Definitions

assertive  question.Civil  law.  A  question  asked  of  a  witness  at  a  criminal  trial,  by  which inadmissible  evidence  is  sought,  to  provide  the  jury  with  details  regarding  another  crime.  Cf. INTERROGATIVE QUESTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

assertive conduct.See CONDUCT.[Blacks Law 8th]

assertion,n.1. A declaration or allegation. 2. A person’s speaking, writing, acting, or failing to act  with  the  intent  of  expressing  a  fact  or  opinion;  the  act  or  an  instance  of  engaging  in communicative behavior. See assertive conduct under CONDUCT.[Blacks Law 8th]

assert,vb.1. To state positively. 2. To invoke or enforce (a legal right). — assertor,n.[Blacks Law 8th]

assenting-silence  doctrine.The  principle  that  an  accusation  will  be  taken  as  true,  despite silence by the accused, if the accusation was  made  under circumstances in  which silence can be fairly said to be an agreement. • This doctrine is usu. held to be invalid as a measure of a criminal defendant’s guilt. [Cases: Criminal Law    407.…

assented stock.See STOCK.[Blacks Law 8th]

assensio   mentium   (<<schwa>>-sen-see-oh   men-shee-<<schwa>>m).   [Latin   “assent   of minds”] See MEETING OF THE MINDS. ASSENT assent,n.  Agreement, approval,  or  permission; esp.,  verbal or  nonverbal conduct reasonably interpreted as wil-lingness. See CONSENT. — assent,vb. “The  requirement  of  ‘assent,’  which  is fundamental  to  the  formation  of  a  binding  contract, implies in a general way that both parties to…

assembly, right of.See RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY.[Blacks Law 8th]

assembly. 1. A group of persons organized and united for some common purpose. delegate assembly.See CONVENTION(4). deliberative  assembly.Parliamentary  law.  A  body  that  transacts  business  according  to parliamentary law. • A deliberative assembly typically has several distinctive characteristics: (1) it is a  group  of  people  who  meet all  together  to  propose,  discuss, and  possibly  vote  on …

assecurator (<<schwa>>-sek-y<<schwa>>-ray-t<<schwa>>r).Marine insurance. An insurer.[Blacks Law 8th]