avowal

avowal
/avawal/ An open declaration. Purpose is to enable the court to know what the witness would have stated in answer to the question propounded, and to inform the court what the interrogator would prove contrary to the testimony given at the trial.

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • avowal — I noun acknowledgment, adjurement, affirmance, affirmation, assertion, asseveration, attestation, authentication, averment, aveu, avouchment, avowance, confessio, confession, confirmation, contention, corroboration, declaration, endorsement,… …   Law dictionary

  • Avowal — A*vow al, n. An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles. Hume. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • avowal — (n.) 1727, from AVOW (Cf. avow) + AL (Cf. al) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

  • avowal — [n] acknowledgment admission, affirmation, announcement, assertion, confession, declaration, oath, proclamation, testimony; concepts 8,50,88 …   New thesaurus

  • avowal — [ə vou′əl] n. open acknowledgment or declaration …   English World dictionary

  • avowal — n. 1) to make an avowal 2) an avowal that + clause (she made a solemn avowal that she would never reveal the secret) * * * [ə vaʊəl] to make an avowal an avowal that + clause (she made a solemn avowal that she would never reveal the secret) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • avowal — UK [əˈvaʊəl] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms avowal : singular avowal plural avowals formal a public statement that you intend to do something or that something is true …   English dictionary

  • avowal — avow ► VERB ▪ assert or confess openly. DERIVATIVES avowal noun avowed adjective. ORIGIN Old French avouer acknowledge , from Latin advocare summon in defence …   English terms dictionary

  • avowal of guilt — index confession Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • avowal — noun Date: circa 1686 an open declaration or acknowledgment …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • avowal — /euh vow euhl/, n. an open statement of affirmation; frank acknowledgment or admission. [1720 30; AVOW + AL2] * * * …   Universalium

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