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AFFERMER

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L. Fr. To let to farm. Also to make sure, to establish or confirm. Kelham. … [Read more...]

AFFINITY

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At common law. Relationship by marriage between the husband and the blood relations of the wife, and between the wife and the blood relations of the husband. 1 Bl. Comm. 434; Solinger v. Earle, 45 N. Y. Super. Ct. 80; Tegarden v. Phillips (Ind. App.) 39 N. E. 212. Affinity is distinguished into three kinds: (1) Direct, or that subsisting between the husband and his wife's … [Read more...]

AFFIXUS

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In the civil law. Affixed, fixed, or fastened to. … [Read more...]

AFFIANCE

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A plighting of troth between man and woman. Litt. … [Read more...]

AFFIRM

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To ratify, make firm, confirm, establish, reassert. To ratify or confirm a former law or judgment Cowell. In the practice of appellate courts, to affirm a judgment, decree, or order, is to declare that it is valid and right, and must stand as rendered below; to ratify and reassert it; to concur in its correctness and confirm its efficacy. In pleading. To allege or aver a matter … [Read more...]

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