Averium

Concept of “Averium, Averia”

Traditional meaning of averium, averia in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A working beast; an heriot; cattle; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 424. Averia carucae: beasts of the plough; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 9. Averia elongata: cattle eloigned, ” carried away. Averiis captis in withernam (cattle taken in withernam): same as Capias in withernam.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Averium, Averia”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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