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Definition of Affiances
1. affiance [v] - See also: affiance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affiances
Literary usage of Affiances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Francis Hardgrave, Heneage Finch Nottingham, Thomas Littleton (1809)
"... 14. a"d bis L«ires ', but both affiances in deed and affiances in, law ihal
have the rent, ..."
2. Modern Reports; Or, Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench by Great Britain Courts, Thomas Leach (1795)
"Wherefore if the right to the debt was veiled in the affiances, as plainly it
was, though tha l-. ..."
3. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... make love to Moll Berry, both of whom she treats with witty disdain, but is
really in love with Bowdler, and even affiances herself to him. ..."