Affiance
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To assure by pledge. A plighting of troth between man and woman.
Littleton, § 39.
An agreement by which a man and woman promise each other that they will marry together. Pothier, Traits du Mar. n.
24. Co. Litt. 34 a. See Dig. 23, 1. 1; Code, 5. 1. 4.