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aff’g.abbr.Affirming. [Blacks Law 8th]

affeer (<<schwa>>-feer), vb.[fr. Old French affeurer “to tax”] Hist. To fix the amount of an amercement. — affeerment,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

affectus  sine  effectu  (e-fek-t<<schwa>>s  sI-nee  e-fek-t[y]oo).  [Latin  “an  intention  without effect”] Hist. An intention that is not carried out. [Blacks Law 8th]

affectus (<<schwa>>-fek-t<<schwa>>s), n.[Latin] Hist. Intent; disposition of mind. [Blacks Law 8th]

affects  doctrine.Constitutional  law.  The  principle  allowing  Congress  to  regulate  intrastate activities that have a substantial effect on interstate commerce. • The doctrine is so called because the test is whether a given activity “affects” interstate commerce. — Also termed effects doctrine or (erroneously) affectation doctrine. [Cases: Commerce    7(2). C.J.S. Commerce § 6.] [Blacks Law 8th]

affection.  1.  Fond  attachment,  devotion,  or  love  <alienation  of  affections>.2.Hist.  The pawning or mortgaging of a thing to ensure the payment of money or performance of some other obligation. [Blacks Law 8th]

affecting commerce.(Of an industry, activity, etc.) touching or concerning business, industry, or trade; esp.,  under the Labor–Management Relations Act, burdening  or obstructing commerce, or  having  led  or  tending  to  lead  to  a  labor  dispute  that  burdens  or  obstructs  the  free  flow  of commerce. 29 USCA § 152(7). [Blacks Law 8th]

affectation doctrine.See AFFECTS DOCTRINE. [Blacks Law 8th]

affect,vb.1. Most generally, to produce an effect on; to influence in some way. 2.Civil law. To pledge  (property  or  revenues)  as  security  for  a  loan;  HYPOTHECATE.  3.Scots  law.To  seize (debtor’s property, etc.). [Blacks Law 8th]

aff’d.abbr.Affirmed. [Blacks Law 8th]