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Avunculus
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AvunculusLatin: a mother's brother. "Avuncular" refers to an uncle.
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Brother
Domestic relat. He who is born from the same father and mother with another, or from one of them only.
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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
English law. The crime of adultery.
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
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.
Awm
Awm or aume. An ancient measure, used in measuring Rhenish wines it contained forty gallons.
Ayant cause
French law. This term, which is used in Louisiana, signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like.
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Brother
Domestic relat. He who is born from the same father and mother with another, or from one of them only.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
English law. The crime of adultery.
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
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.
Awm
Awm or aume. An ancient measure, used in measuring Rhenish wines it contained forty gallons.
Ayant cause
French law. This term, which is used in Louisiana, signifies one to whom a right has been assigned, either by will, gift, sale, exchange, or the like.
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