assistance / assistants — Assistance is help or aid: the nurses gave assistance to the patients. Assistants are more than one assistant, a person who gives help: the emergency room assistants were ready to help anyone who came through the door. (See also patience… … Confused words
assistance — [ asistɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1422; de assister I ♦ Personnes réunies. ⇒ assemblée, foule. L assistance était clairsemée (cf. fam. Il y avait quatre pelés et un tondu). Sa conférence a charmé l assistance. ⇒ auditoire, public. Il y eut des protestations… … Encyclopédie Universelle
assistance or assistants, court of — assistance, or (assistants) court of See Court of Assistants … Black's law dictionary
assistance or assistants, court of — assistance, or (assistants) court of See Court of Assistants … Black's law dictionary
assistance, court of — assistance, or (assistants) court of See Court of Assistants … Black's law dictionary
assistance, court of — assistance, or (assistants) court of See Court of Assistants … Black's law dictionary
assistants, court of — assistance, or (assistants) court of See Court of Assistants … Black's law dictionary
assistants, court of — assistance, or (assistants) court of See Court of Assistants … Black's law dictionary
assistance — assistants … English homophone dictionary
ASSISTANCE — s. f. Présence. Dans ce sens, il n est guère usité qu en parlant de La présence d un officier public à quelque opération, ou de La présence d un ecclésiastique dans quelqu une des fonctions de son ministère. On lui donne tant pour son droit d… … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)