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Avowtry
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AvowtryEnglish law. The crime of adultery.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not their married spouse. In most countries, this is a legal ground for divorce. The person who seduces another's spouse is known as the "adulterer." In old English law, this was also known as criminal conversation.
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Avow
Latin Ad-vovere, to vow to: ad-vocare. To declare openly; to acknowledge and justify an act; opposed to disavow.
Avowant
Practice, pleading. One who makes an avowry.
Avowee
Ecclesiastical law. An advocate of a church benefice.
Avowry
Pleading. An avowry is where the defendant in an action of replevin, avows the taking of the distress in his own right, or in right of his wife, and sets forth the cause of it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like.
Avowterer
English law. An adulterer with whom a married woman continues in adultery.
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Avow
Latin Ad-vovere, to vow to: ad-vocare. To declare openly; to acknowledge and justify an act; opposed to disavow.
Avowant
Practice, pleading. One who makes an avowry.
Avowee
Ecclesiastical law. An advocate of a church benefice.
Avowry
Pleading. An avowry is where the defendant in an action of replevin, avows the taking of the distress in his own right, or in right of his wife, and sets forth the cause of it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like.
Avowterer
English law. An adulterer with whom a married woman continues in adultery.
Avowtry
Avulsion
Where, by the immediate and manifest power of a river or stream, the soil is taken suddenly from one man's estate and carried to another. In such case the property belongs to the first owner. An acquiescence on his part, however, will in time entitle the owner of the land to which it is attached to claim it as his own.
Avunculus
Latin: a mother's brother. "Avuncular" refers to an uncle.
Avus
Grandfather. This term is used in making genealogical tables.
Await
Criminal law. Seems to signify what is now understood by lying in wait, or way-laying.
Award
A decision made by a court to compensate a person for something.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Adultery
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not their married spouse. In most countries, this is a legal ground for divorce. The person who seduces another's spouse is known as the "adulterer." In old English law, this was also known as criminal conversation.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Avow
Latin Ad-vovere, to vow to: ad-vocare. To declare openly; to acknowledge and justify an act; opposed to disavow.
Avowant
Practice, pleading. One who makes an avowry.
Avowee
Ecclesiastical law. An advocate of a church benefice.
Avowry
Pleading. An avowry is where the defendant in an action of replevin, avows the taking of the distress in his own right, or in right of his wife, and sets forth the cause of it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like.
Avowterer
English law. An adulterer with whom a married woman continues in adultery.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Avow
Latin Ad-vovere, to vow to: ad-vocare. To declare openly; to acknowledge and justify an act; opposed to disavow.
Avowant
Practice, pleading. One who makes an avowry.
Avowee
Ecclesiastical law. An advocate of a church benefice.
Avowry
Pleading. An avowry is where the defendant in an action of replevin, avows the taking of the distress in his own right, or in right of his wife, and sets forth the cause of it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like.
Avowterer
English law. An adulterer with whom a married woman continues in adultery.
Avowtry
Avulsion
Where, by the immediate and manifest power of a river or stream, the soil is taken suddenly from one man's estate and carried to another. In such case the property belongs to the first owner. An acquiescence on his part, however, will in time entitle the owner of the land to which it is attached to claim it as his own.
Avunculus
Latin: a mother's brother. "Avuncular" refers to an uncle.
Avus
Grandfather. This term is used in making genealogical tables.
Await
Criminal law. Seems to signify what is now understood by lying in wait, or way-laying.
Award
A decision made by a court to compensate a person for something.
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