Usually means: Assertion of right to property.
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  1. avowry: Merriam-Webster.com
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  3. avowry: Wiktionary
  4. avowry: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Avowry, avowry: Dictionary.com
  6. Avowry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. avowry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Avowry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. avowry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. avowry: Free Dictionary
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  12. avowry: Merriam-Webster.com

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  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Avowry: Legal dictionary

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  1. AVOWRY, AVOWRY, AVOWRY: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Definitions from Wiktionary (avowry)

noun:  (law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
noun:  (historical) A form of medieval patronage in which colonial tenants, often from criminal backgrounds, were guaranteed protection by an English lord in exchange for the payment of a tax.
noun:  (ecclesiastical) Advowson, the right to appoint to a benefice or office.
noun:  (obsolete) Avowal (open affirmation or admission).
noun:  (obsolete) A protector, especially a patron saint.

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