Affirmance

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Affirmance \Af*firm"ance\, n. [Cf. OF. afermance.]
     1. Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable
        act.
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              This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law.


                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. A strong declaration; affirmation. --Cowper.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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.
       2. To be binding upon the infant, the affirmance must be made after
  arriving of age, with a full knowledge that it would be void without such
  confirmation. 11 S. & R. 305.
       3. An affirmance may be express, that is, where the party declares his
  determination of fulfilling the contract; but a more acknowledgment is not
  sufficient. Dudl. R, 203. Or it may be implied, as, for example, where an
  infant mortgaged his land and, at full age, conveyed it, subject to the
  mortgage. 15 Mass. 220. See 10 N. H. Rep. 561.