Strengthened or reinforced; having been given additional legal or physical force or authority.
Past tense and past participle of 'afforce,' maintaining the Old French root 'aforcer.' Used in legal English to describe judgments or measures that had been officially reinforced.
In legal documents from centuries ago, you'll see 'afforced judgment' used to mean a ruling that was backed up with extra authority—it's like the judicial version of calling in reinforcements.
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