Avowry
A`vow´ry
n. | 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. |
单词 | avowry | ||||
释义 | AvowryA`vow´ry
AvowryAVOWRY, pleading. An avowry is where the defendant in an action of replevin,avows the taking of the distress in his own right, or in right of his wife,and sets forth the cause of it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or thelike. Lawes on Pl. 35 Hamm. N. P. 464; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3571. |
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