English Explanatory Dictionary

assession

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sitting beside or near; especially as a participant in an official proceeding such as a meeting of an organization or a court case; an official membership or seat.
  2. An official review and recognition of the feudal distribution of land, including the tenants living on that land and the terms of their holdings, which was held every seven years (the term of each tenant's lease).
  3. The act of assessment.
  4. Misspelling of accession.

Word forms

assession assessions

Etymology

From Latin assessio. See sit.

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