Avowry
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
In law, the act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of
replevin, avows and justifies the taking; the act of maintaining the right to distrain, by the distrainer, or
defendant in
replevin.
Avowry
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
2. The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of
replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.
