单词 | afforcing |
释义 | afforcingn.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] hightOE workOE business1340 afforcinga1398 enforce1487 effort1490 contention1583 heave and shove1600 luctation1651 struggle1706 pingle1728 exertion1777 bother1823 brainstorming1839 beef1851 go-go-go1934 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxiii. 212 For greet afoorsinge of strecchinge here yȝen schynen as candels. c1425 Myrour to Lewde Men & Wymmen (Harl.) (1981) 71 (MED) With..souereigne afforcinge and continuel besynes, vs byhoueth lerne..by what manere..we mowe shone þe peyne of helle. 2. Chiefly English Law. The action of reinforcing or strengthening; esp. the practice of reinforcing a deliberative body with new members (see afforce v. 4). historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > enrolment of jury > increasing number of jury afforciament1738 afforcement1783 afforcing1845 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXI. 188/1 If twelve did not agree, more Jurors were added, which was called afforcing, until twelve did agree. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 270 In the ‘afforcing’ or amending of the council. 1922 R. von Moschzisker Trial by Jury xiv. 297 The afforcing of the jury..marks an intermediate stage in the development of that institution to its present form. 1980 J. H. Denton R. Winchelsey & Crown iv. 159 The ‘afforcing’ of the king's council was now being extended to the opposition parties, both clerical and lay. 2003 S. H. Cuttler Law of Treason & Treason Trials in Later Medieval France (new ed.) ii. 43 No doubt there was some cynical afforcing of charges in order to obtain convictions for treason. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). afforcingadj. English Law. historical and rare. Of a juror: that reinforces a jury as an additional member. See afforce v. 4. ΚΠ 1870 W. Stubbs Select Charters Introd. 24 A further step separates these afforcing jurors from the original twelve. 1905 E. L. Page Contrib. Landed Man to Civil Liberty iv. 92 The afforcing jurors were separated from the uninformed jurors and relieved them altogether from their character of witnesses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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