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AssessingAssess As*sess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assessed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Assessing.] [OF. assesser to regulate, settle, LL.
assessare to value for taxation, fr. L. assidere, supine as
if assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to
assess, tax. Cf. Assize, v., Cess.]
1. To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for
the purpose of taxation.
2. To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community,
or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to
impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income)
according to a rate or apportionment.
3. To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person,
community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club
assessed each member twenty-five cents.
4. To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by
commissioners in the act. --Blackstone. AssessionAssession As*ses"sion, n. [L. assessio, fr. assid?re to sit by
or near; ad + sed?re to sit. See Sit.]
A sitting beside or near. Chose in possessionChose Chose, n.; pl. Choses. [F., fr. L. causa cause,
reason. See Cause.] (Law)
A thing; personal property.
Chose in action, a thing of which one has not possession or
actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to
demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at
the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not
reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as
a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for
a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant
party without suit.
Chose in possession, a thing in possession, as
distinguished from a thing in action.
Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill.
Chose transitory, a thing which is movable. --Cowell.
Blount. County sessions 3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak.
County commissioners. See Commissioner.
County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be
a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs
and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the
county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol,
etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to
county.
County palatine, a county distinguished by particular
privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace),
because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same
powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had
in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The
counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and
Durham.
County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected
by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying
the expenses to which counties are liable, such as
repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.]
County seat, a county town. [U.S.]
County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace
for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.]
County town, the town of a county, where the county
business is transacted; a shire town. InsessionInsession In*ses"sion, n. [L. insessio, fr. insidere,
insessum, to sit in. See Insidious.]
1. The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath. ``Used by way of
fomentation, insession, or bath.' [R.] --Holland.
2. That in which one sits, as a bathing tub. [R.]
Insessions be bathing tubs half full. --Holland. Joint sessionJoint Joint, a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See Join.]
1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or
produced by two or more working together.
I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook.
3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others;
not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with
an associate, or with associates; acting together; as,
joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. ``Joint
tenants of the world.' --Donne.
4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
joint property; a joint bond.
A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak.
Joint committee (Parliamentary Practice), a committee
composed of members of the two houses of a legislative
body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions
of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing.
Joint meeting, or Joint session, the meeting or session
of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of
committees representing different corporations; a joint
session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a
United States senator. ``Such joint meeting shall not be
dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and
the result declared.' --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S.
Joint resolution (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution
adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative
body. ``By the constitution of the United States and the
rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made
between bills and joint resolutions.' --Barclay (Digest).
Joint rule (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding
adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a
legislative assembly. ``Resolved, by the House of
Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the
sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the
remainder of the session.' --Journal H. of R., U. S.
Joint and several (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt,
credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held
in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged
both together and individually thus a joint and several
debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together
or either of them individually.
Joint stock, stock held in company.
Joint-stock company (Law), a species of partnership,
consisting generally of a large number of members, having
a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares,
the shares owned by any member being usually transferable
without the consent of the rest.
Joint tenancy (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of
estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession,
under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone.
Joint tenant (Law), one who holds an estate by joint
tenancy. Obsession
Obsession Ob*ses"sion, n. [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.]
1. The act of besieging. --Johnson.
2. The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a
person beset by a spirit from without. --Tylor.
Whether by obsession or possession, I will not
determine. --Burton.
Possession
Possession Pos*ses"sion, v. t.
To invest with property. [Obs.]
Possessionary
Possessionary Pos*ses"sion*a*ry, a.
Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
Possessioner
Possessioner Pos*ses"sion*er, n.
1. A possessor; a property holder. [Obs.] ``Possessioners of
riches.' --E. Hall.
Having been of old freemen and possessioners. --Sir
P. Sidney.
2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community
endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as
contrasted with mendicant friars. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Possessival
Possessival Pos`ses*si"val, a.
Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival
termination. --Earle.
Possessive
Possessive Pos*sess"ive, n.
1. (Gram.) The possessive case.
2. (Gram.) A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive
case.
Possessively
Possessively Pos*sess"ive*ly, adv.
In a possessive manner.
PrepossessingPrepossess Pre`pos*sess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepossessed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Prepossessing.]
1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous
possession of. --Dryden.
2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude
other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a
previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to
induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord
general. --Evelyn. PrepossessingPrepossessing Pre`pos*sess"ing, a.
Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor,
esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. --
Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv. PrepossessinglyPrepossessing Pre`pos*sess"ing, a.
Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor,
esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. --
Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv. PrepossessionPrepossession Pre`pos*ses"sion, n.
1. Preoccupation; prior possession. --Hammond.
2. Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression,
already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression;
bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable
sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood. ``The
prejudices and prepossessions of the country.' --Sir W.
Scott.
Syn: Bent; bias; inclination; preoccupancy; prejudgment. See
Bent. Repossession
Repossession Re`pos*ses"sion (r?`p?z-z?sh"?n or -p?s s?sh"?n),
n.
The act or the state of possessing again.
Sessile
Sessile Ses"sile, a. [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere,
sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.]
1. Attached without any sensible projecting support.
2. (Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch,
without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or
blossom.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores
of certain hydroids which never became detached.
Sessile-eyedSessile-eyed Ses"sile-eyed`, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to
stalk-eyed.
Sessile-eyed Crustacea, the Arthrostraca. Sessile-eyed CrustaceaSessile-eyed Ses"sile-eyed`, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to
stalk-eyed.
Sessile-eyed Crustacea, the Arthrostraca. Sessional
Sessional Ses"sion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a session or sessions.
SupersessionSupersession Su`per*ses"sion, n. [Cf. OF. supersession. See
Supersede.]
The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded;
supersedure.
The general law of diminishing return from land would
have undergone, to that extent, a temporary
supersession. --J. S. Mill.
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