ASS 



ASS 



aliened londjide before the a£lion brought, fh:ill not be liable 

 to execution upon a judgment recovered againd the heir in 

 any fuch aftion. And by ftat. 29 Car. II. c. 3. v 10. lands 

 oi Cijlay que iruji (hall be aflets by dtfccnt ; and by tlit fame 

 flat. 5 12. eftates pur autre i>le (liall be aflets in the hands of 

 the heir, if they come to him by reafon of a fpccul occu- 

 pancy ; and where there is no fpccial occupant, they fliall 

 go to the executors andadminiftrators of the paity that had 

 them by virtue of tiie grant, and Ihall be aflets in their 

 hands. When a man binds himielf and his heirs in a Ijond, 

 and dies leaving ilfiie two fons, if the eldcll Ion entcr^ on the 

 lands by defcent as h^ir to the father, and die without ifl"ne ; 

 and then the youngeft fon enters, he fliall be charL>;ed with 

 affcts as heir to the fatlier. Dyer. 368. Lands which 

 come to the heir by purchafe fliall not be affets. i Danv. 

 Abr. 577. A reverfion in an ellate for life or years fliall 

 be aflets, and a reverfion expcAant upon the determination 

 of an ellate for life is affets, and ought to be pleaded fpeci- 

 ally by tlic heir. An advowfon is aflets, but not a prefenta- 

 tion to a church aftually void, which may not be fold. Co. 

 Lit. 374- Lands by defcent in ancient demelnc will be al- 

 fets in debt ; but a copyhold eilate defcending to an heir is 

 not afltts ; nor is any right to an ellate aflets, without pof- 

 feflion. Danv. 577. An annuity is no aflets, for it is only 

 a chrjft ill (i8'icn. Equity of redemption of an eftate mort- 

 gaifcd, and a term for years to attend the inheritance, are 

 aiTets. 



Leafes are affets to pay debts, notwithflanding the aflent 

 oF the executor to the devife of them, i Lill. Abr. 99. 

 Aflets in the hands of one executor, are aflets in the hands 

 of others ; and if an executor hath goods of the teftator in 

 any part of the world, he fliall be charged in refpeft of them. 

 6. Rep. 47. In aftions againll executors, the jury ninll 

 find the value of the aflets ; for the plaintiff^ fliall recover 

 only according to the value of the affets found, i Rol. 

 Rep. 58. A fpecial judgment againft; affets only (hall 

 have relation to, and bind the lands from the time of iilmg 

 the original writ or bill. Carth. Rep. 245. 



ASSEVERATION, an earneft affirmation, or avouch- 

 ing. 



ASSHETON, William, in Bmgraphy, an Englifli cpif- 

 copalian divine, was bnrn at Middleton in Lancafliire, in 1641, 

 and educated at Brazen-nofe college in the univerfity ot Ox- 

 ford. Dillinguifhedby his application and proflciencyin various 

 parts of learning, he became a fellow of that collc.re in 1663, 

 and in 1673 was honoured with the degree of doilorin divi- 

 nity. Belides other preferments to which he was advanced, he 

 was prefented to the rectory of Beckenham in Kent, in 

 1676. He was confclentioufly and zealoufly attached to 

 the church in which he officiated, and faithful and exem- 

 plary in the difcharge of the duties of his profeffion. 

 Whilff he was an upright and able advocate for the efta- 

 bhflitd religion, he was no lefs afliduous in inculcating, 

 from the prefs as well as from the pulpit, the indifpenfable 

 obligations of morality and praftical religion. In the pre- 

 fent age, however, his " Treatife againlt Toleration," and 

 his " Poflibility of Apparitions," written in defence of 

 them, will not be regarded as evidences of the liberality of 

 his fpirit, and the foundnefs of his judgment. The former, 

 under the title of " Toleration difapproved and condemned, 

 &c." was pubhflied at Oxford, in 1670, 4to. ; and his book, 

 intitled, " Cafes of Scandal and Perfecution, &c." to the 

 fame purpofe, was publiihcd at London, in 1674 ; and his 

 " Poffibility of Apparitions " was occafioned by the (lory of 

 Mrs. Veale, who died at Dover, and was faid to have appeared 

 to her friend Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbur)', and publiflied 

 in 1 706. This ftory has been fince prelixed to " Drcliii- 



coi'.rt on Death." In lORj, Dr. Afsheton, who was a 

 ilrenuous advocate for monarchy, wrote " Tlie Roval 

 Apology," in defence of the doctrine of abfolute fubmif- 

 fion to kings ; and after the revolution, he wrote a p'ece in 

 defence of king William and quten Mary, intitled, " A 

 feafonable Vindication of their prefent Majellies," in which 

 he declared to the public the reafons which induced him to 

 fwear allegiance to them. He alfo wrote feveral tracts 

 againft popery, and in vindication of the Trinity ; and va- 

 rious pieces of a practical nature. Dr. Afsheton claims pe- 

 culiar commemoration and refpedl as the firil projettor of 

 the fcheiTie for providing a maintenance for clergymens' 

 v/idows and others, by a jointure payable out of the mercers' 

 company. To this fchenie he devoted much attention, and 

 after contending with many difficulties and difcouragements, 

 he had the plcafurc of fucceeding. An- "Account of the 

 Rife, Progrefs, and Advantages of the Propofal, &c." 

 was printed in 17 13. The plan, however, was not founded 

 on a fufficicnt acquaintance with the doctrine of annuities; 

 and the foclety of courfe failed in making good its pro- 

 pofals. Aiihcton having employed his time and talents in 

 promoting the intereils of truth, according to his views of 

 it, and the caufe of virtue and humanity, died at Becken-- 

 ham, in 171 1, in the 70th year of his age. Gen. Did. 

 Biog.-Bnt. 



ASSIDEANS, or rather Hasideans, in Antiqukv, a 

 fedt among the Jews ; thus called irom the Hebrew 

 Q»"(^[3n> f-'^^lf'd'im, merciful, rigljleous, I Mac. ii. 42. vii. 

 16. Ecclehailicus, xliv. 10. 



Dr. Pridcaux (ays (Comm. p. ii. book iii. vof. iii. p. 257.), 

 that after the fettling of the Jewifli church in Judaea, on the 

 return from the Babylonifh captivity, there were two forts 

 of men among the members of it ■ the one contented 

 themfelves with the written law of Mofes, and were called 

 Zadikim, or the righteous ; and the others fuperadded to the 

 law the courtitutions and traditions of the Elders, and other 

 religious obfervances, which tliey voluntarily regarded bv 

 way of fupererogation, and being csmlidered as poffeffiug a 

 degree of holinefs fuperior to that of the others, they were 

 denominated Chafiilcnns, or the pir.us. From the former were 

 derived the fedls of the Samaritans, Sadducees, and Karaites; 

 and from the latter, the Pharifecs, and Effenes. Thefe Affi- 

 deans, who were men of great valour as well as eminently 

 zealous for the law, joined Mattathias and his company in 

 the fallneffes of the mountains, as foon as Antiochus was- 

 returned to Antioch, and determined to fight with him for 

 the law of their god and the liberties of their country. 



ASSIDENT Sign, Signum yljfulens, in MeJicine, a 



fymptom which ufually attends a dlleafe, but not always. 



Thus a dry rough tongue, thirll, and watcliing, are njjidcnt 



Jigns in an ardent fever. In this fenfe, ajjldents differ 



ivom pnthoguomonics, which are infeperable from thedifeafe. 



ASSIDUUS, or Adsiduus, among the Romans, de- 

 noted a rich or wealthy perfon. 



The word in this fenfe is derived from as, ajjis, q. d. a mo- 

 nied man. 



Hence we meet with afflduous fureties, affidui jidejujfores, 

 anfwering to what the French now call city fureties or fecu- 

 rities, cautions bourgeoije. 



When Servius Tullius divided the Roman people into five 

 claffes, according as they were aflcffed or taxed to the pub- 

 lic, the richer fort who contributed affes, were denominat- 

 ed ajfidui ; and as thefe were the chief people of bufinefs, 

 win attended all the public concerns : thofe who are dili- 

 gent in attendances came to be denominated ajjidui. 



AssiDui was alfo ufed for volunteers, or thofe who 

 ferved in the army at their own expence. 



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