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avowal (<<schwa>>-vow-<<schwa>>l), n.1. An open declaration. 2.OFFER OF PROOF . — avow,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]

avoutry. See ADULTERY.[Blacks Law 8th]

avoucher (<<schwa>>-vow-ch<<schwa>>r).Hist. A tenant’s calling upon a warrantor of title to the land to help the tenant defend the title.[Blacks Law 8th]

avoision  (<<schwa>>-voy-zh<<schwa>>n),  n.  An  ambiguous  act  that  falls  between  legal avoidance and illegal evasion of the law. • The term, coined by Arthur Seldon, an economist, is a blend of evasion and avoidance. Avoision usu. refers to financial acts that are not clearly legal tax avoidance or illegal tax evasion, but it sometimes appears in…

avoiding power.See POWER(5).[Blacks Law 8th]

avoidance,n.1.  The  act  of  evading  or  escaping  <avoidance  of  tax  liability>.  See  TAX AVOIDANCE.     2.     The     act     of     refraining     from     (something)     <avoidance     of     an argument>.3.RESCISSION(1).4.VOIDANCE;    5.    ANNULMENT(1)    <avoidance    of    the agreement>.6.CONFESSION AND AVOIDANCE <the defendant filed an avoidance in an attempt to avert liability>. — avoid,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]

avoidable cost.See COST(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

avoidable-consequences doctrine.See MITIGATION-OF-DAMAGES DOCTRINE.[Blacks Law 8th]

avoidable,adj.1. Not inevitable; subject to prevention <an avoidable accident>. practically  avoidable.(Of  harm)  capable  of  being  eliminated  in  whole  or  substantial  part without the incurrence of prohibitive expense or hardship. Capable of being refrained from <avoidable habits>.3. Voidable.[Blacks Law 8th]

avoid,vb. To render void <because the restrictive covenant was overbroad, the court avoided A Because this legal use of avoid can be easily confused with the ordinary sense of the word, the verb to void is preferable.[Blacks Law 8th]