Legal Definition and Related Resources of Affirmance

The confirmation of a voidable act by the party acting, who is to be bound thereby. The term is in accuracy to be distinguished from “ratification,” which is a recognition of the validity or binding force, as against the party ratifying, or some act performed by another person, and from “confirmation,” which would seem to apply more properly to cases where a doubtful authority has been exercised by another in behalf of the person ratifying; but these distinctions are not generally observed with much care. 1 Pars. Cont. 243. Express afiirmance takes place where the party declares his determination of fulfilling the contract. Dud. (Ga.) 203. Implied affirmance arises from the acts of the party without any express declaration. 15 Mass. 220. See 10 N. H. 194; 11 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 305; 1 Pars. Cont. 243; 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 466, note 10. In Appellate Practice. The approval by an appellate court of the judgment or order under review.

What does Affirmance mean in American Law?

The definition of Affirmance in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

See affirm. The most common legal use of the term is to describe the action of an upper court when it approves a lower court’s decision.

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(Authentication), noun

• acknowledgment
• assertion
• assurance
• attestation
• certification
• confirmation
• countersignature
• declaration
• endorsement
• establishment
• predication
• pronouncement
• ratification
• substantiation
• validation
• verification
• Associated Concepts: affirmance of a contract
• confirmation of a judgment
• ratification of a voidable contract
• foreign phrases: Posito uno oppositorum
• negatur al terum
• By the establishment of one of two opposite propositions
• the other one is denied

(Judicial sanction), noun

• acceptance
• acquiescence
• assent
• concord
• concordance
• countersignature
• endorsement
• legal approval
• legal authorization
• legal ratification
• subscription Associated Concepts: affirmed without opinion
• en banc affirmance
• unanimous affirmance

(Legal affirmation), noun

• absolute assertion
• adjuration
• assertory oath
• asseveration
• attestation
• averment
• avouchment
• avowal
• evidence on oath
• legal evidence
• legal pledge
• oral evidence
• positive declaration
• positive statement
• pronouncement
• proposition
• solemn averment
• solemn avowal
• statement on oath
• sworn evidence
• testimony
• verbal evidence
• written evidence Associated Concepts: affirmation of a statement

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