affeermentn.

Brit.

/əˈfɪəm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/əˈfɪrm(ə)nt/

Forms: see affeer v. and -ment suffix; also 1600s affeerement, 1600s afferment.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: affeer v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < affeer v. + -ment suffix, after Law French afferement (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman as afferement , afoerment , affoerement , affurement ) or post-classical Latin afferamentum , afforamentum , affuramentum (from 13th cent. in British sources). Compare earlier affeerance n.

Law. Now historical and rare.

The fixing or settling of a fine or amercement, typically by adjusting a generally prescribed penalty according to the particular circumstances of an offender and his or her offence; assessment, esp. of the fairness and suitability of fines and amercements. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > assessment

affeerance1463

assessment1548

affeerment1641

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 13 The amerciment is the act of the Court, & the affeerement the act of the Jury.

1646 W. Hughes tr. A. Horne Mirrour Justices v. §1 229 It is an abuse to assesse an Amercement certaine, without the afferment of Free-men sworne to it.

1738 Hist. View Court of Exchequer iii. 39 They assessed the Escuage, which was the Nature of an Afferement of a Sum of money.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. iv. xxix. 379 By the assessment or affeerment of the coroner.

1960 J. P. Dawson Hist. Lay Judges iv. vi. 262 The requirement of affeerment in Magna Carta was easily skirted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	affeerment
释义	affeermentn. Brit. /əˈfɪəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈfɪrm(ə)nt/ Forms: see affeer v. and -ment suffix; also 1600s affeerement, 1600s afferment. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: affeer v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < affeer v. + -ment suffix, after Law French afferement (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman as afferement , afoerment , affoerement , affurement ) or post-classical Latin afferamentum , afforamentum , affuramentum (from 13th cent. in British sources). Compare earlier affeerance n. Law. Now historical and rare. The fixing or settling of a fine or amercement, typically by adjusting a generally prescribed penalty according to the particular circumstances of an offender and his or her offence; assessment, esp. of the fairness and suitability of fines and amercements. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > assessment affeerance1463 assessment1548 affeerment1641 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 13 The amerciment is the act of the Court, & the affeerement the act of the Jury. 1646 W. Hughes tr. A. Horne Mirrour Justices v. §1 229 It is an abuse to assesse an Amercement certaine, without the afferment of Free-men sworne to it. 1738 Hist. View Court of Exchequer iii. 39 They assessed the Escuage, which was the Nature of an Afferement of a Sum of money. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. iv. xxix. 379 By the assessment or affeerment of the coroner. 1960 J. P. Dawson Hist. Lay Judges iv. vi. 262 The requirement of affeerment in Magna Carta was easily skirted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1641
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