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Avowry, or advowry, was a pleading in the action of replevin (see that title), which stated the nature and merits of the defence, and justified or avowed taking the distress in his (the defendant's) own right, which, if established, would entitle him to a judgment de retorno habendo. An avowry was in the nature of a declaration. See Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 22.