Affeer
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To fix in amount; to liquidate; to settle. To affeer an amercement. To establish the amount which one amerced in a courtleet should pay. See Amercement. To affeer an account. To confirm it on oath in the exchequer. Cowell; Blount
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
affere.
In old English law. In practice, to tax or assess; to liquidate or reduce to a precise sum; to moderate, mitigate or regulate. A term applied to the regulation of amercements.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
To assess, liquidate, appraise, fix in amount. To affeer an amercement. To establish the amount which one amerced in a court-leet should pay. To affeer an account. To confirm it on oath in the exchequer. Cowell; Blount; Spelman.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Afere. [L. Lat. afferare, from Fr. afferer, affeurer, or afforer, to tax, assess, or set a value upon a thing 1 In old practice. To assess or tax; to fix, liquidate, or reduce to a precise sum; to moderate, mitigate or regulate.* A term applied to the regulation of amercements, which were always inflicted in general terms, and signifying to reduce the general amercement to a certainty, or tax, moderate or mitigate it according to the particular circumstances of the offence and the offender. Cotoell. Blount. JSpelman, voc. Affera- 4 BL Com. 379, 380. IM, 129 a. F.y,B.l5l.K. Id.l6A.D. s Co.11, [39, 40.] 1 Salk. 56. 3 Id. 33. The officers by whom this was done were called affeerors, and the assessment an affeerment, or afferance, (qq. v.) 4 BL Com. 379, 380. See Amercement.