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.
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.
An affirmance may be express, that is, where the
party declares his determination of fulfilling the
contract; but a more acknowledgment is not sufficient.
Or it may be implied, as, for example, where an infant
mortgaged his land and, at full age, conveyed it,
subject to the mortgage.
AFFIRMANCE-DAY, GENERAL. In the
English Court of Exchequer, is a day appointed by
the judges of the common pleas, and barons of the
exchequer, to be held a few days after the beginning
of every term for the general affirmance or reversal
of judgments.
