TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In pleading. To acknowledge and justify an act done. To make an avowry. For example, when replevin is brought for a thing distrained, and the party taking claims that he had a right to make the distress, he is said to avow. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition practice. Signifies to justify or maintain an act formerly done. For example, when replevin is brought for a … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In feudal law. A duty required from some customary tenants, to carry goods in a wagon or upon loaded horses. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A statement that is direct or is a declaration in court. This also refers to testimony of a witness that has been deemed inadmissible by a judge but remains preserved in the record for potential admissibility on appeal. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In the civil law. An averting or turning away. A term applied to a species of sale in gross or bulk. Letting a house altogether, instead of In chambers. 4 Kent, Comm. 517. Aversio pericnli. A turning away of peril. Used of a contract of insurance. 3 Kent, Comm. 263. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
One who makes an avowry. … [Read more...]