AFFEER

AFFEE'R, verb transitive To confirm. [Not used.]AFFEE'R, verb transitive 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.

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affeer. Affeer, v.t. to ascertain an amercement

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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. 1. To confirm; to assure. “The title is affeered.” Shak.
2. 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.