affirmance

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Etymology

Either affirm +‎ -ance or from Old French afermance

Noun

affirmance (countable and uncountable, plural affirmances)

  1. (uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
  2. (countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
    • 1934, Report of the Commission on the Administration of Justice in New York State‎, page 388:
      Of these 248 appeals the Appellate Division reviewed 4, rendering 3 affirmances and 1 reversal, 75% affirmances, 25% reversals.
    • 2021, Harrison Stark and Loren Alikhan, A false choice between state sovereignty and multi-racial democracy, in: SCOTUSblog (Feb 24 2021)
      The District [of Columbia] authored an amicus brief on behalf of 18 states urging affirmance.

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Translations
affirmation — see affirmation
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