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avowant

avowant noun: the defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.

Noun

avowant (plural avowants)

  1. The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.
    • the demandant Plaintiff, or avowant, this is peremptory by the same Statute1578, Sir Robert Brooke, New Cases in the Time of Henry VIII

Forms of avowant

pluralavowants

Questions about avowant

What does avowant mean?
Avowant means the defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking.
What part of speech is avowant?
Avowant is a noun.
What is the plural of avowant?
The plural of avowant is avowants.

Words near avowant in the dictionary

  1. avowably
  2. avowal
  3. avowals
  4. avowance
  5. avowances
  6. avowant
  7. avowants
  8. avowed
  9. avowedly
  10. avowedness
  11. avowee

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