Affect

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To act upon. 219 111. 15. AFFECTIO TUA NOMEN IMPONIT operi tuo. Your motive gives a name to your act. Bracton, fols. 2b, 101b.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To lay hold of, to act upon, impress or influence. It is often used in the sense of acting injuriously upon persons and things. Ryan v. Carter, 93 U. S. 84, 23 L. _Ed. 807; Baird v. Hospital Ass'n, 116 Mo. 419, 22 S. W. 726.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To act upon; influence; change; enlarge or abridge. This word is often used in the sense of acting injuriously upon per-sens and things. Ryan v. Carter, 93 U. S. 84, 23 L. Ed. 807; Tyler v. Wells, 2 Mo. App. 538; Holland v. Digkerson, 41 Iowa, 373; United States v. Ortega, 11 Wheat. 467, 6 In Ed. 521.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

This word is often used in the sense of acting injuriously upon persons and things. 93 U. 8. 84. Affectio tua nomen imponit operi tuo. Your disposition (or intention) gives name

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Toact upon; to concern: as, cases affecting public ministers. Often used in the sense of acting injuriously upon a person or thing; as in a proviso that an act shall not affect any confirmed claim to lands.2