Law Dictionary Definitions

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]

AFDC.abbr.AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN. [Blacks Law 8th]

aetate probanda (ee-tay-tee proh-ban-d<<schwa>>). See DE AETATE PROBANDA. [Blacks Law 8th]

aetas  pubertati proxima  (ee-tas  pyoo-b<<schwa>>r-tay-tIprok-s<<schwa>>-m<<  schwa>>), n.[Latin] Roman law. The second period of childhood, (for males) from 10 1/2 to 14 years of age. Cf. AETAS INFANTIAE PROXIMA; PUERITIA. [Blacks Law 8th]

aetas prima (ee-tas prI-m<<schwa>>), n.[Latin] Roman law. First age. See INFANTIA. [Blacks Law 8th]

aetas  perfecta  (ee-tas p<<schwa>>r-fek-t<<schwa>>),  n.[Latin]  Roman  law.  Complete  age; the age of majority. [Blacks Law 8th]