Affection
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
The making over, pawning, or mortgaging a thing to assure the payment of a sum of money, of the discharge of some other duty or service. Tech. Diet. AFFECTUS (Lat.) Movement of the mind; disposition; intention. One of the causes for a challenge of a juror is propter affectum, on account of a suspicion of bias or favor. 3 Bl. Comm. 363; Co. Litt. 156. AFFECTUS PUNITUR LICET NON SEquitur effectus. The intention is punished, although the consequence do not follow. 9 Coke, 56.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The making over, pawning, or mortgaging a thing to assure the payment of a sum of money, or the discbarge of some other duty or service. Crabb, Techn. Diet. As to affection as a consideration, see Con-
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The making over, pawning, or mortgaging a thing to assure the payment of asum of money, or the discharge of soine other duty or service. Crabb, Technol, Dict.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Consideration, 2.