Affirmance

A declaration by an appellate court that a judgment, order, or decree of a lower court that has been brought before it for review is valid and will be upheld.

AFFIRMANCE. The confirmation of a voidable act; as, for example, when aninfant enters into a contract, which is not binding upon him, if, afterattaining his full age, he gives his affirmance to it, he will thereafter bebound, as if it had been made when of full age. 10 N. H. Rep. 194.
2. To be binding upon the infant, the affirmance must be made afterarriving of age, with a full knowledge that it would be void without suchconfirmation. 11 S. & R. 305.
3. An affirmance may be express, that is, where the party declares hisdetermination of fulfilling the contract; but a more acknowledgment is notsufficient. Dudl. R, 203. Or it may be implied, as, for example, where aninfant mortgaged his land and, at full age, conveyed it, subject to themortgage. 15 Mass. 220. See 10 N. H. Rep. 561.