sentences:  An assessor's opinion or view of a case is not binding on a judge.The term "assessor" is also very generally applied to persons appointed to ascertain and fix the value of rates and taxes, and in this sense the word is used in the United States (see Assessor (property)).In France and in all European countries where the civil law system prevails, the term "assesseur" is applied to those assistant judges who, with a president, compose a judicial court.