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Avowant
Translation of "avowant" into Russian
avowant
Noun
UK
/əˈvaʊənt/
US
/əˈvaʊənt/
avowant
avowants pl
The avowant presented his case to the court.
Заявитель представил свое дело в суде.
Definitions
avowant
Noun
UK
/əˈvaʊənt/
US
/əˈvaʊənt/
A person who avows or acknowledges something.
The avowant stood by his statement, refusing to retract his confession.
Law, historical: in an action of replevin, the defendant who avows the taking of a distress and seeks to justify it.
During the medieval proceedings, the avowant claimed the seizure of the sheep was lawful rent-distress.