owelty
English
Alternative forms
- ovelty
- ovealty
Etymology
Old French. Doublet of equality.
Noun
owelty (plural owelties)
- (law) equality
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for owelty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)