disaffirm (disaferm saferm)

t. [ The Supreme Court of the United States has disaffirmed the view of the Post-office Department, and affirmed that of the company. New York Tribune , XLIII., No. 13319, p. 5. disaffirmance (dis-a-fèr'mans), n . [ disaf firm , after affirmance .] 1. Denial or negation of something said or done; refutation. A demonstration in disaffirmance of anything that is affirmed. Sir M. Hale . 2. In law, overthrow or annulment. If it had been a disaffirmance by law, they must have gone down in soli do; but now you see they have been tempered and qualified as the King saw convenient. State Trials , The Great Case of Impositions (1606). disaffirmation (dis-af-er-ma's hon), n. [ dis affirm + -ation , after affirmation .] The act of disafforest (dis-a-for'est), v. t. [OF. desafore ster , disafforest are , dis- priv. + ML. afforest are , afforest: see dis- and afforest .] In England, to free from the restrictions of forest laws; reduce from the legal state of a forest to that of common land. IMG:content-2733.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-2734.png:[blocks in formation] In what soeuer you doe, be neyther hasty nor disaduised. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 73. disaffect (dis-a-fekt'), v. t. [ Unle you disaffect His person, or decline his education. Shirley, The Brothers, i. 1. Making plain that truth which my charity persuades me the most part of them disaffect only because it hath not been well represented to them. Chilling worth, Relig. of Protestants, Ded. By Charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disaffor ested. Black stone. The rapid increase of population [in Great Britain) has led to the disafforesting of woodland. Encyc . Brit ., IX. 398. disafforest at i on (dis-a-for-es-tā'shon), п. [ disafforest + -ation .] The act or proceeding of disafforesting. The steady progre of disafforest at i on. The Athenœum, No. 3150, p. 302. disafforestment