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  • AFFIX
    To fix or fasten upon, to attach to, inscribe, or impress upon, as a signature, a seal, a trade-mark. Pen. Code N. Y. f 367. To attach, add to, or fasten upon, permanently, as in the case of fixtures annexed to real estate. A thing is deemed to be affixed More...
  • 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.
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