\Af*feer"\, v. t. [OF. aforer, afeurer, to tax, appraise,
assess, fr. L. ad + forum market, court of justice, in LL.
also meaning price.]
1. To confirm; to assure. [Obs.] ``The title is affeered.''
   --Shak.
2. (Old Law) To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or
   amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.
         Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges.
                                               --Blackstone.