Obs.–1 [a. OF. vowerie, vouerie ‘jurisdiction of a civil or ecclesiastical patron’ (Godefroy): cf. AVOWRY 1.] (See quot.)
The privilege was obtained by a payment made to the Earl for his ‘avowry’ or protection.
c. 1600[?]. in Cat. Harl. MS. (1808), II. 395/2. Of a Sanctuary-Way called the Vouryes, for Dettors: which is such a Priviledge, that a Man may goe all the sayd County of Chester ouer, at Liberty, without any Interruption of the Law.
