单词 | affeerance |
释义 | † affeerancen. Obsolete. 1. A fine or amercement, esp. one fixed by adjusting a generally prescribed penalty according to the particular circumstances of an offender and his or her offence. ΚΠ 1433 in M. Sellers York Mercers & Merchant Adventurers (1918) 37 Diverse persones, that were afferyd in the time of Robert of Yarom..and hafe noght payde thaire afferaunce. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 13 But if a towne be amerced..the affeerance shall be generall. 2. Assessment, esp. of the fairness and suitability of fines and amercements. Cf. affeer v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > assessment affeerance1463 assessment1548 affeerment1641 1463 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) VI. 165/2 The same xx li. only and not over, to him, his Heires and Successors..shuld be bounden, and so fro thensforth for the quantite, rate and afferaunce, of every xe and xvme. a1634 E. Coke Compl. Copy-holder (1641) 41 By this appeareth, that this Stat. of Magna Charta, was but an affirmance of the Common Law in this point of afferance. 1827 T. Coventry & S. Hughes Analyt. Digested Index Common Law Rep. (1832) II. 891/2 The fine imposed by the steward is good without any affeerance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1433 |
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