TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
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...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In the civil law. Affixed, fixed, or fastened to. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A plighting of troth between man and woman. Litt. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
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...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
L. Lat. To file or affile. Affiletur, let it be filed. 8 Coke, 160. De re cordo affilatum, affiled of record. 2 Ltd. Raym. 1476. … [Read more...]