MAIDEN ASSIZE

Definition: MAIDEN ASSIZE

MAIDEN ASSIZE

1. (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --Smart.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: MAIDEN ASSIZE

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Maiden Assize (A). One in which there is no person to be brought to trial. We have also the expressions maiden tree, one never lopped; maiden fortress, one never taken; maiden speech; etc. In a maiden assize, the sheriff of the county presents the judge with a pair of white gloves. White gloves symbolise innocence. Maiden primarily means unspotted, unpolluted, innocent; thus Hubert says to the king- "This hand of mine Is yet a maiden and an innocent hand, Not painted with the crimson spots of blood." Shakespeare: King John, iv. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Modern Translations: MAIDEN ASSIZE

Language		Translations for "maiden assize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		aidenmay assizeay.(various references)
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Anagrams: MAIDEN ASSIZE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-i-i-m-n-s-s-z"
	-2 letters: deaminases.
	-3 letters: deaminase, simazines.
	-4 letters: amidases, amidines, amnesias, aniseeds, diamines, diazines, disseize, maenades, maziness, seedsman, simazine, zenaidas.
	-5 letters: amassed, amidase, amidine, amidins, amnesia, anadems, anemias, aniseed, daisies, demeans, demises, desmans, diamine, diamins, diazine, diazins, dimness, disease, inseams, insides, madness, maenads, maidens, meanies, medians, medinas, meinies, midsize, misease, missaid, missend, naiades, nemesis, saimins, samisen, seaside, seedman, seizins, siamese, sideman, sidemen, siemens, simians, zenaida.
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