What's the difference between avowry and avowtry?

Avowry


Definition:

  • (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.

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Avowtry


Definition:

  • (v. t.) Adultery. See Advoutry.

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