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award,n.  A  final  judgment  or  decision,  esp.  one  by  an  arbitrator  or  by  a  jury  assessing damages. — Also termed arbitrament. award,vb.  To  grant  by  formal  process  or  by  judicial  decree  <the  company  awarded  the contract to the low bidder> <the jury awarded punitive damages>.[Blacks Law 8th]

avus (av-<<schwa>>s oray-v<<schwa>>s), n.[Latin] Roman & civil law. A grandfather.[Blacks Law 8th]

avunculus maximus (mak-s<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>s). See ABAVUNCULUS.[Blacks Law 8th]

avunculus  (<<schwa>>-v<<schwa>>ngk-y<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>>s),  n.[Latin]  Roman  & civil law. A maternal uncle; one’s mother’s brother.   [Blacks Law 8th]

avulsion   (<<schwa>>-v<<schwa>>l-sh<<schwa>>n),   n.1.   A   forcible   detachment   or separation. 2. A sudden removal of land caused by change in a river’s course or by flood. • Land removed   by   avulsion   remains   the   property   of   the   original   owner.   Cf.   ALLUVION; ACCRETION(1);  DELICTION;  EROSION.  3.  A  tearing  away  of  a  body  part  surgically  or accidentally.  [Cases:  Navigable  Waters   …

avowtry. See ADULTERY.[Blacks Law 8th]

avowter.Hist.  An  adulterer.  •  The  crime  was  called  avowtry.  —  Also  spelled  advouterer; avowterer; avouter; advowter.[Blacks Law 8th]

avowry  (<<schwa>>-vow-ree),  n.  Common-law  pleading.  An  acknowledgment  —  in  an answer to a replevin action — that one has taken property, and a justification for that taking <the defendant’s  avowry  was  based  on  alleged  damage  to  the  property  by  the  plaintiff>.  Cf. COGNIZANCE(4). [Cases: Replevin    64.] — avow,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]

avowee. See ADVOCATUS.[Blacks Law 8th]

avowant  (<<schwa>>-vow-<<schwa>>nt),  n.  A  person  who  makes  avowry  in  an  action  of replevin.[Blacks Law 8th]