Definition of avowry

• n. - An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
• n. - The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.
• n. - An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
• n. - The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.