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A declaration by an appellate court that a judgment, order, or decree of a lower court that has been brought before it for review is valid and will be upheld. affirmance (Authentication), noun 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 allerum.By the establishment of one of two opposite propooitions, the other one is denied. affirmance (Judicial sanction), noun acceptance, assent, concord, concordance, endorsement, legal approval, legal authorization, legal ratification, subscription Associated concepts: affirmed without opinion, en banc affirmance, unanimous affirmance affirmance (Legal affirmation), noun absolute asserrion, 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 eviience, testimony, verbal evidence, written evidence Associated concepts: affirmation of a statement See also: affirmation, approval, assent, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, certainty, certification, confirmation, consensus, consent, indorsement, permission, sanction, surety AFFIRMANCE. The confirmation of a voidable act; as, for example, when an
infant enters into a contract, which is not binding upon him, if, after
attaining his full age, he gives his affirmance to it, he will thereafter be
bound, as if it had been made when of full age. 10 N. H. Rep. 194.
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