Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Affeer"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Affeer \Af*feer"\, v. 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.


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