Avowry
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. advocatio, q. v.] In pleading. A pleading in the action of replevin, by which the defendant avows (advocat), that is, acknowledges the taking of the distress or property complained of, where he took it m his own right, and sets forth the reason of it; as for rent in arrear, damage done, <fec.
3 BL Com. 149. 1 Tidd's Pr. 646.