Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Maiden assize
hist. 1. An assize in which no prisoner is sentenced. 2. An assize in which the sheriff presents the judges with white gloves because there are no prisoners to try. 0 this practice stemmed from a custom in which a prisoner who was convicted of murder but pardoned by the crown presented gloves to the judges as a fee.2. A law enacted by such a body, usu. One setting the measure, weight, or price of a thing.
maiden assize
See ASSIZE (1).