Disposition; intention, impulse or affection of the mind. One of the causes for a challenge of a juror is propter affectum, on account of a suspicion of Mat or favor. 3 Bl. Comm. 363; Co. Litt. 156. Affectus pnxtitnr licet non sequatnr effectus. The intention is punished although the intended result does not follow. 9 Coke, 55.