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Definition of Avowry
1. n. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
Definition of Avowry
1. Noun. The action of an advowee, advocate or patron ¹
2. Noun. advocacy, patronage, protection ¹
3. Noun. avowal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avowry
1. the act of avowing [n AVOWRIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avowry
Literary usage of Avowry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening (1844)
"This general avowry is given in case of distresses for rent, ixc. by 11 Geo. ...
The above avowry or cognizance admits the property of the goods in the ..."
2. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"So, the avowry need not be for the same thing for which the taking was; ...
So, an avowry for rent, if it appears that part is not arrear, will be good for ..."
3. A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law: Whether of a by William Wait (1878)
"An avowry in replevin is an admission of the taking, with a statement of matter
in justification. In Xew York it is treated, when it sets forth a conclusive ..."
4. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1827)
"Of the avowry and Cognisance : 1. General rules, Sfc. relating to the ...
The avowry or cognisance, which is in the nature of a declaration, ..."
5. The American Law of Landlord and Tenant by John Neilson Taylor (1904)
"Thus in an avowry for rent, upon taking goods in a place off the demised premises,
if only part of the rent avowed for be the subject of distress, ..."
6. A Complete System of Pleading: Comprehending the Most Approved Precedents by John Wentworth, George Townesend, James Cornwall (1798)
"And the faid Daniel fays, that the faid avowry of the faid Tho- Demurrer to an
mas by him the faid Thomas above made, and the matter therein ..."
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