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Webster 1913 Edition
Affirmance
Af-firm′ance
,Noun.
[Cf. OF.
afermance
.] 1.
Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.
This statute . . . in
affirmance
of the common law. Bacon.
2.
A strong declaration; affirmation.
Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Affirmance
AFFIRM'ANCE
,Noun.
1.
Confirmation; ratification; as, the affirmance of a judgment; a statute in affirmance of common law.2.
Declaration; affirmation. [Little used.]