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Definition of Affeered
1. affeer [v] - See also: affeer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affeered
Literary usage of Affeered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1831)
"Upon nil debit, it appeared in evidence by an entry upon the court- roa or man
rolls, that the defendant was amerced, and that the same was affeered by two ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Distresses by James Bradby (1908)
"... made in a court baron, which was affeered ~" by persons who were not freehold
tenants, or free Suitors of the manor ; (/) the court held that the ..."
3. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"... that it was affeered by all the jurors to 405. ... Per Hobart, they muft amerce
to a certain fum> which may be mitigated and affeered by others. Hob. ..."
4. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt.: In Thirteen Parts by John Henry Thomas, John Farquhar Fraser, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Edward Coke (1826)
"... ministers who have execution of writs, &c. which offences are done to the
Court itself, and therefore by the Court ought to be affeered and assessed. ..."
5. A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections by Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd, John Bouvier (1846)
"129, it is said the jury must amerce to a certain sum, which may be mitigated
and affeered by others, and therefore these offices cannot be confounded; ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty (1819)
"And that the fine of the said CD be affeered by the court on the occasion aforesaid,
at 200O/. And that the fine of the said EF be ..."
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