It required not the Affirmance of, and could not be negatived by, the state governments.
"Government and Administration of the United States"
Westel W. Willoughby and William F. Willoughby
This part of the Treaty of Utrecht was made for great general ends, unquestionably; but whilst it provided for those general ends, it was in Affirmance of that particular policy.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke
The decision on the appeal from the judgment resulted in its Affirmance.
"Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State"
Stephen Field; George C. Gorham