ASSESSOR

An officer chosen or apPolnted to appraise, value, or a e property. In civil and Scotch law. Persons sk111- ed 1n law, selected to advise the judges ot the Inferior courts. Bell; Dig. 1, 22;' Cod. 1, 51. 8 A person learned ln some particular science or industry, who sits With the judge on the trial of a cause requiring such special knowledge and gives his advice. In England it is the practice 1n admiralty busine to call 1n a e ors, ln cases lnvolv- C. lng questions of navigation or seamanship. They are called "nautical a e ors," and are always Brethren of the Trinity House. [s. 101]