单词 | avowant |
释义 | avowantn. In Law, A challenger; a person making cognizance, or admitting that he or she distrained goods belonging to another, but maintaining his or her right to do so. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > one who pleads > one who justifies or avows avowant1529 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII xix. §2 Every avowaunt and every other person..that make any such avowrie. 1598 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions (1675) 214 Then the Avowant shall recover damages. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 147 Which bond shall be assigned to the avowant or person making cognizance. 1818 W. P. Taunton Rep. Court Common Pleas 6 526 An avowant in replevin for rent was obliged to shew a title in fee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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