Averum
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from Fr. avoir, to have.] In old law. Goods, property, substance, royal treasure.
Spelman.
A beast of burden. Id. See Aver. AVERSIO PERICULI.
Lat.
In maritime law
An averting of, or escape from danger. A policy of insurance upon goods employed in a foreign smuggling or contraband trade, assumes the aversio periculi.
1 Emerigon, 210—215. 3 Kent's Com. 263.