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affirmance

noun

Etymology

Either affirm + -ance or from Old French afermance

  1. derived from affirmare
  2. derived from afermer
  3. inherited from affermen
  4. suffixed as affirmance — “affirm + ance”

Definitions

  1. The act of affirming, affirmation

  2. A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency

    • Of these 248 appeals the Appellate Division reviewed 4, rendering 3 affirmances and 1 reversal, 75% affirmances, 25% reversals.
    • The District [of Columbia] authored an amicus brief on behalf of 18 states urging affirmance.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA