Avoucher

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

See "Voucher."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To call a warrantor of land to come in and defend the title for the warrantee.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Voucher.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The calling upon a warrantor of lands to fulfill hls undertaking.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Recovery. To to defend the title. receipt. voiez: you see. voice of God. Vox the spoken word flies, Vulgaris purgatio: from canonical purbattel: to give security wage law: v. Wager oath of the defendant, usually eleven, making It was allowed in of these actions. insurance taken out by a

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Fr. and Eng. [L. Lat. advocatio, from vocare, to call or summon.] In old English practice. The calling or summoning into court by a tenant, of a person bound to him to warranty; that is, either to defend the right against the demandant, or to jrield him other lands, <fec., in value. Co. Litt. 101 b. Called by Lord Coke " a word of art," and employed by him as an example of the necessity of using " significant words, framed by art, which are called vocahula artis, though they be not proper to any language." Id. ibid. See Voucher.