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avowry

American

[uh-vou-ree] / əˈvaʊ ri /

noun

Law.

a plea by a defendant in an action of replevin who admits taking the distrained goods and shows just cause for the taking.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

avowries

plural

Etymology

Origin of avowry

1300–50; Middle English avowrie < Old French avouerie, equivalent to avou ( er ) to avow + -erie -ry

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