单词 | affeeror |
释义 | affeerorn. Now historical. A person appointed to determine the values of fines and amercements, typically charged with adjusting a generally prescribed penalty according to the particular circumstances of an offender and his or her offence. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > assessment > one who assesses taxer1377 affeerer1467 affeeror1523 feeror1711 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > assessor beside-sitter1340 assessorc1380 affeeror1523 lateral judge1611 co-assessor1644 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 21 The othe of afferoure. I shall truely affere this court, and highe no man for no hate, ne lowe no man for no loue, but to sette euery man truely after the quantite of his trespace. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. D1/2 Amerciaments be such, as be arbitrably imposed by affeerors. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 13 Affeerors are such as be appointed in Court leets, &c. to mulct such as have committed any fault which is arbitrably punishable, & for which no expresse penalty is prescribed by Statute. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 373 This method, of liquidating the amercement to a precise sum, is usually done in the court-leet and court-baron by affeerors. 1860 Brit. Controversialist 3rd Ser. 3 129 Rising in municipal dignity, in 1559 he became an affeeror. 1898 S. Lee Life Shakespeare i. 5 Twice..he was chosen one of the affeerors—officers appointed to determine the fines for those offences which were punishable arbitrarily. 1975 Econ. Hist. Rev. 28 306 The affeerors..supposedly worked from the offender's capacity to pay at the time of the session. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1523 |
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