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AFFLLARE

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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...]

AFFIANT

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The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit. The word is used, in this sense, interchangeably with "deponent" But the latter term should foe reserved as the designation of one who makes a deposition. … [Read more...]

AFFIRMANCE

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In practice. The confirming, or ratifying a former law, or judgment. Cowell; Blount. The confirmation and ratification by an apellate court of a judgment, order, or decree of a lower court brought before it for review. See Affirm.. A dismissal of an appeal for want of prosecution is not an "affirmance" of the judgment. Drummond v. Husson, 14 N. Y. 60. The ratification or … [Read more...]

AFFORARE

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To set a price or value on a thing. Blount. … [Read more...]

AFFIDARE

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To swear faith to; to pledge one's faith or do fealty by making oath. Cowell. … [Read more...]

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