Part 820

<h1>Avowal</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*vow"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; <as>as, an <ex>avowal</ex> of such principles</as>.</def>

<i>Hume.</i>

<h1>Avowance</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*vow"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Act of avowing; avowal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Upholding; defense; vindication.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Can my <b>avowance</b> of king-murdering be collected from anything here written by me? <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Avowant</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*vow"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The defendant in replevin, who <i>avows</i> the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Avowed</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*vowed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*vow"ed*ly</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Avowee</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*vow`ee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>avou\'82</ets>. Cf. <er>Advowee</er>, <er>Advocate</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See <er>Advowson</er>.</def>

<h1>Avower</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*vow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who avows or asserts.</def>

<h1>Avowry</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*vow"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>avouerie</ets> protection, authority, OF. <ets>avouerie</ets>. See <er>Avow</er> to declare.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Let God alone be our <b>avowry</b>. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<note>&hand; When an action of replevin is brought, the distrainer either makes <i>avowry</i>, that is, <i>avours</i> taking the distress in his own right, or the right of his wife, and states the reason if it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like; or makes <i>cognizance</i>, that is, <i>acknowledges</i> the taking, but justifies in an another's right, as his bailiff or servant.</note>

<h1>Avowtry</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*vow"try</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Adultery. See <er>Advoutry</er>.</def>

<h1>Avoyer</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*voy"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Avulse</h1> <Xpage=106>

<hw>A*vulse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>avulsus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>avellere</ets> to tear off; <ets>a</ets> (<ets>ab</ets>) + <ets>vellere</ets> to pluck.]</ety> <def>To pluck or pull off.</def>