Affix
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To attach or annex.
See Fixtures.
AFF0RCE THE ASSIZE.
To compel unanimity among the jurors who disagree. It was done either by confining them without meat and drink, or, more anciently, by adding other jurors to the panel, to a limited extent, securing the concurrence of twelve in a verdict.
See Bracton, 1S5 &, 292 a; Fleta, book 4, c. 9. § 2.
The practice is now discontinued.