AVOWEE

AVOWEE, Advocatus. See AVOWEE and ADVOCATE. The Avowee is he to whom the Right of Advowson of any Church belongs, so that he may present thereto in his own Name; he is thus called by way of Distinction from those who sometimes present in another Man’s Name, as a Guardian that presents in the Name of his Ward; as also from those who only have the Lands whereto an Advowson belongs for Term of Life, or Years, by Intrusion, or Disseisin.

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