To assess, liquidate, appraise, fix In amount. To affeer an amercement. To establish the amount which one amerced in a court leet should pay. To affeer an account. To confirm it on oath in the exchequer. Cowell; Blount; Spelman. … [Read more...] about AFFEER
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AFFILIATION
The fixing any one with the paternity of a bastard child, and the obligation to maintain it. In French, law. A species of adoption which exists by custom in some parts of France. The person affiliated succeeded equally with other heirs to the property acquired by the deceased to whom he had been affiliated, but not to that which he inherited. Bouvier. In ecclesiastical law. A … [Read more...] about AFFILIATION
AFFIRMATIVE PROOF
Proof that conclusively establishes some fact. … [Read more...] about AFFIRMATIVE PROOF
AFFEERERS
English law. Those who upon oath settle and moderate fines in courts leet. … [Read more...] about AFFEERERS
AFFINAGE
A refining of metals. Blount … [Read more...] about AFFINAGE