One who makes an avowry. … [Read more...]
AVOWANT
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
One who makes an avowry. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Goods, property, substance; a beast of burden. Spelman. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In ecclesiastical law. An advocate of a church benefice. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A term used In the Scotch law, signifying to abet or assist. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A pleading in the action of replevin, by which the defendant avows, that is, acknowledges, the taking of the distress or property complained of, where he took It In his own right, and sets forth the reason of it; as for rent in arrear, damage done, etc S Bl. Comm. 149; 1 Tidd. Pr. 645. Brown v. Bissett, 21 N. J. Law, 274; Hill v. Miller, 5 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 357. Avowry is … [Read more...]