5. Of uncertain origin, probably Germanic, from a short form of various female compound names containing the element av (of uncertain meaning). St Ava or Avia was a 9th-century abbess of Dinart in Hainault and a member of the Frankish royal family.
Search The Library's Lexicon. CONSULTATION. A conference between the counsel or attorneys engaged on the same side of a cause for the purpose of examining their case, arranging their proofs and removing any difficulties there may be in their way.
What is DISCUSSION? In the civil law. A proceeding, at the instance of a surety, by which the creditor is obliged to exhaust theproperty of the principal debtor, towards the satisfaction of the debt before having recourseto the surety; and this right of the surety is termed the benefit of discussion.Civ. Code La. art. 3045, et seq.In Scotch law.