afforcement

English

Etymology

From Old French [Term?]; alternatively, afforce +‎ -ment.

Noun

afforcement (plural afforcements)

  1. (obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
    • 1801, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages:
      “ It may be doubtful,” says Mr. Starkie, “whether the doctrine of afforcement was applied to criminal cases. […] ”

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for afforcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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