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Definition of Affirmances
1. affirmance [n] - See also: affirmance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affirmances
Literary usage of Affirmances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association by New York State Bar Association (1913)
"1o) 12, affirmances 802, reversals 324, modifications 82. I do not read the
intermediate years but they show an increasing efficiency in the Supreme Court ..."
2. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1850)
"Thus, in English appeals there had been between two and three affirmances for
one alteration ; in English writs of error, five affirmances to one reversal ..."
3. The History of the Supreme Court of the United States: With Biographies of by Hampton Lawrence Carson (1902)
"New Jersey met with better fortune, the affirmances numbering six, the reversals
four, the dismis- - sals two and the unknown results three. ..."
4. The Supreme Court of the United States: Its History by Hampton Lawrence Carson (1892)
"New Jersey met with better fortune. the affirmances numbering six, the reversals
four, the dismissals two and the unknown results three Delaware furnished ..."
5. Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the by American Bar Association (1885)
"In twenty-five volumes taken at random throughout the series, I find one thousand
one hundred and eighty affirmances, and one thousand one hundred and sixty ..."
6. Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the by American Bar Association (1892)
"I then counted the number of affirmances and reversals ; the number of affirmances
was thirteen; of reversals, twelve. This may be more than a general ..."
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