Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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affirmance
1. a ratification, reacceptance, or confirmation."a party who has the power of avoidance may lose it by action that manifests a willingness to go on with the contract. such action is known as 'affirmance' and has the effect of ratifying the contract. see restatement of restitution § 68. the rule stated in this section is a special application of that stated in § 85, under which a promise to perform a voidable duty is binding. on ratification, the affirming party is bound as from the outset and the other party continues to be bound." restatement (second) of contracts § 380 cmt. a (1981) 2. the formal approval by an appellate court of a lower court's judgment, order, or decree. -affirm, vb.
affirmance day general
Hist. In the Court of Exchequer, a day appointed after the beginning of every term to affirm or reverse judgments.
disaffirmance
An act of denial; a repudiation, as of an earlier transaction. 2. A declaration that a voidable contract (such as one entered into by a minor) is void. - Also termed disaffirmation."Disaffirmance is an operative act whereby the legal relations created by an infant's contract are terminated and discharged and other legal relations substituted. Inasmuch as the infant's executory promise does not operate to create any legal duty in him