DE MAGNA ASSISA ELIGENDA

de     magna     assisa     eligenda     (dee     mag-n<<schwa>>     <<schwa>>-sI-z<<schwa>>

el-i-jen-d<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “of choosing the grand assize”] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff

to summon 4 knights to give oaths before the justices of assize and then choose 12 more knights to

form a grand assize to determine who had the right in a writ of right. [Blacks Law 8th]