avowry
noun
avow·ry
| \ -au̇(ə)rē, -ri\
plural -es
Definition of avowry
2
: the act of one who avows something
especially, law
: an acknowledgment of having taken the plaintiff’s property that is set out in the defendant’s pleading in an action of replevin and that includes the justification for doing so — compare cognizance sense 5
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