Definition of livery

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Livery (n.) The writ by which possession is obtained.

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Tradition :: Tradition (n.) The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials..
Abortifacient :: Abortifacient (n.) A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
Footboy :: Footboy (n.) A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey.
Gestation :: Gestation (n.) The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
Livery :: Livery (n.) That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc..
Reseizer :: Reseizer (n.) The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law..
Mail :: Mail (n.) The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter..
Gift :: Gift (v. t.) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession..
Backwardation :: Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango..
Redelivery :: Redelivery (n.) Act of delivering back.
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery..
Obstetrical :: Obstetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art..
Nondelivery :: Nondelivery (n.) A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.
Declamation :: Declamation (n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students..
Call :: Call (n.) The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on..
Liveried :: Liveried (a.) Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3..
Liveryman :: Liveryman (n.) A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or livery of the company to which he belongs, and also to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc..
Cephalometer :: Cephalometer (n.) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.
Feoffment :: Feoffment (n.) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession..
Cockade :: Cockade (n.) A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer..
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