Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Petty assize.

an assize begun by an original writ. 0 petty assizes were characterized by the form of the writ, which specified the questions to be put to the panel, and ordered that a panel be assembled. The petty assizes were novel disseisin, mort d'ancestor, utrum, and darrein presentment