English English Dictionary

The act of avouching; positive declaration.

See Advoutrer.

Adultery.

A vow or determination.

To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.

To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry.

Avowal.

To bind, or to devote, by a vow.

Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence.

An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.

Act of avowing; avowal.

Upholding; defense; vindication.

The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.

of Avow

Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted.

The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

One who avows or asserts.

of Avow

An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.

The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.