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A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. Ash. Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush.

many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. Macaulay. Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

bscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a "call"). [U. S.]

y by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.

g taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. Holland.

In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.

te, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

ity; to cause a resemblance between. Sir M. Hale. To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. John Bright. Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects. Cowper.

The periodical sessions of the judges of the superior courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; -- usually in the plural. Brande. Wharton. Craig. Burrill.

mp-fish [i. e., torpedo] . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland.

; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4. Burrill.

An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. Bell.

on, something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at school; at hand; at sea and on land.

A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.

Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore. [Obs.] Holland.

The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth. [Obs.]

and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Burrill. Blackstone.

adorn with trapping; to array. [Obs.] Shall your horse be attrapped . . . more richly Holland.

A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder.