Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Court of Assistants

Hist. A colonial body organized in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 to act as a legislature and court for the colony. See GENERAL COURT. "The court of assistants, made up of governor, deputy governor, and magistrates, heard appeals from lower courts, and took original jurisdiction in certain cases -for example, cases of divorce. Below it were the county courts." Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law 40 (2d ed. 1985).