An archaic or obsolete term referring to property, goods, or possessions; moveable property in legal contexts.
From Old French avoure, derived from avoir ('to have'). The term developed from the verb 'have' to denote things that could be possessed, particularly used in medieval legal documents describing chattels and moveable goods.
In medieval law, distinguishing between 'avoure' (moveable goods) and land was crucial—they had completely different legal rules. The word reveals how our ancestors thought about property: some things you could carry away, others you couldn't, and they weren't the same in law.
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