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Webster 1913 Edition
Affeer
Af-feer′
,Verb.
T.
[OF.
aforer
, afeurer
, to tax, appraise, assess, fr. L. ad
+ forum
market, court of justice, in LL. also meaning price
.] 1.
To confirm; to assure.
[Obs.]
“The title is affeered.” Shak.
2.
(Old Law)
To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.
Amercements . . . were
affeered
by the judges. Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Affeer
AFFEE'R
,Verb.
T.
AFFEE'R
, v.t.In law, to assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to reduce a general amercement to a sum certain, according to the circumstances of the case.