Affect
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
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.