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Webster 1913 Edition


Affeer

Af-feer′

,
Verb.
T.
[OF.
aforer
,
afeurer
, to tax, appraise, assess, fr. L.
ad
+
forum
market, court of justice, in LL. also meaning
price
.]
1.
To confirm; to assure.
[Obs.]
“The title is affeered.”
Shak.
2.
(Old Law)
To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.
Amercements . . . were
affeered
by the judges.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Affeer

AFFEE'R

,
Verb.
T.
To confirm. [Not used.]

AFFEE'R

, v.t.
In law, to assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to reduce a general amercement to a sum certain, according to the circumstances of the case.

Definition 2024


affeer

affeer

English

Verb

affeer (third-person singular simple present affeers, present participle affeering, simple past and past participle affeered)

  1. (obsolete, law) To assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to fix the market value of.
  2. (obsolete) To confirm; to assure.

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