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Affirmance vs Reaffirmance - What's the difference?

affirmance | reaffirmance |

As nouns the difference between affirmance and reaffirmance

is that affirmance is (uncountable) the act of affirming, affirmation while reaffirmance is (legal) a second or subsequent affirmance.

affirmance

English

Alternative forms

* affirmaunce (obsolete)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
  • (countable, legal) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
  • * {{quote-book, 1934, , Report of the Commission on the Administration of Justice in New York State citation
    • , passage=Of these 248 appeals the Appellate Division reviewed 4, rendering 3 affirmances and 1 reversal, 75% affirmances, 25% reversals. }}

    Coordinate terms

    * (court decision) reversal

    reaffirmance

    English

    Noun

  • (legal) A second or subsequent affirmance.