averia

"averia," and meaning a certain tax on goods, and then more precisely in maritime law any charge additional to "freight" (see AFFREIGHTMENT), payable by the owner of goods sent by ship.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

Skene traces this word to the low Latin, _averia_, "quhilk signifies ane beast."

Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 Various

Bruges, More gravely inquired, "An averia carucæ capta in vetitonamio sint irreplegibilia?"

A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866

"Hence," he says, "our ancestors called beasts of burden _averia_, and the Scotch called them _avaria_."

Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

In France "aver" denoted the animal produce or stock on a farm; and there were "averia lanata" likewise.

Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

-- I have long desired to know the exact meaning of _averia_, but I have not met with a good explanation until lately.

Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

= franco de averia particular =, f.p.a. (free particular average) = franco de porte, tra (n) sporte pagado =, carriage paid

Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) C. A. Toledano

The ambassador seems to have entertained no doubt of the complete success that would have crowned the movement had Francis's life been spared: "Il quale, se vivea un poco più, non solamente averia ripresso,

The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

"Another tax established in 1528, called the _derecho_ _de averia_, required the payment of 20 ducats ($16) by every person, bond or free, arriving in the island.

Cuba, Old and New 1893

Upon which Mr. More sent him this question, 'Utrum averia carucæ, capta in vetito namio, sint irreplegibilia, Whether beasts of the plough, taken in withernam, are incapable of being replevied:'"

Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852