What is AFFECTUS?

Disposition; intention, impulse or affection of the mind. One of the causes for a challenge of a juror is propter affectum, on account of a suspicion of bias or favor. 3 Bl. Comm. 363; Co. Litt. 156.

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Related Legal Terms
AFFECTUS PUNITUR LICET NOIL SEQUATUR EFFECTUS, PRINCIPAL CHALLENGE, CHALLENGE PROPTER AFFECTUM, ANIMO, CHALLENGE TO THE FAVOR, CHALLENGE, DELICTUM, IMPULSE, CHALLENGE PROPTER DEFECTUM, DE ODIO ET ATIA


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