(ecclesiastical) Advowson, the right to appoint to a benefice or office.
(historical) A form of medieval patronage in which colonial tenants, often from criminal backgrounds, were guaranteed protection by an English lord in exchange for the payment of a tax.
(law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
(obsolete) A protector, especially a patron saint.
(obsolete) Avowal (open affirmation or admission).
avoyer
avoyer
noun
(obsolete or historical) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
civory
convey
convey
verb
(dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
(law) To transfer legal rights (to).
(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
To move (something) from one place to another.
convoy
convoy
noun
(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
The act of convoying; protection.
verb
(intransitive) To travel under convoy.
(transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
covary
covary
verb
(statistics) To vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive