affeer — v. assess, estimate; reduce to a fixed amount … English contemporary dictionary
Affeer — ♦ To settle the amount of an amercement, to assess. (Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150 1400, 337) Related terms: Affeeror … Medieval glossary
affeer — af·feer … English syllables
affeer — /afir/ To assess, liquidate, appraise, fix in amount … Black's law dictionary
affeer — /afir/ To assess, liquidate, appraise, fix in amount … Black's law dictionary
affeer — əˈfi(ə)r transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English afferen, affuren, from Middle French affeurer, afforer, from a (from Latin ad ) + feur, fuer market price, tax, from Medieval Latin forum market price, from Latin, market place more … Useful english dictionary
Amercement — A*merce ment, n. [OF. amerciment.] The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statute… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amercement royal — Amercement A*merce ment, n. [OF. amerciment.] The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amerciament — Amercement A*merce ment, n. [OF. amerciment.] The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Affeeror — ♦ Officer responsible for assessing manorial amercements and fines. (Bennett, Judith M. Women in the Medieval English Countryside, 233) Related terms: Affeer … Medieval glossary
