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  • AFFIXUS
    In the civil law. Affixed, fixed, or fastened to.
  • AFFORARE
    To set a price or value on a thing. Blount.
  • AFFORATUS
    Appraised or valued, as things vendible in a market. Blount.
  • AFFORCE
    To add to; to increase; to strengthen; to add force to. —Afforce the assise. In old English practice. A method of securing a verdict, where the jury disagreed, by adding other jurors to the panel until twelve could be found who were unanimous in their opinion. Bract, fol. 1856, 292a; More...
  • AFFORCIAMENTUM
    In old English law. A fortress or stronghold, or other fortification. Cowell. The calling of a court upon a solemn or extraordinary occasion. Id.
  • AFFOREST
    To convert land into a forest In the legal sense of the word.
  • AFFOUAGE
    In French law. The right of the inhabitants of a commune or section of a commune to take from the forest the fire-wood which is necessary for their use. Duverger.
  • AFFRANCHIR
    L. Fr. To set free. Kelham.
  • AFFRANCHISE
    To liberate; to make free.
  • AFFRAY
    In criminal law. The fighting of two or more persons in some public place to the terror of the people. Burton r. Com., 60 S. W. 526, 22 Ky. Law Rep. 1315: Thompson v. State, 70 Ala. 26; State v. Allen, 11 N. C. 356. It differs from a riot More...
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