Lexic.us

Definition of Livery

1. Noun. Uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs.

2. Adjective. Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress.

3. Noun. The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another.

4. Noun. The care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay.

Definition of Livery

1. n. The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.

2. v. t. To clothe in, or as in, livery.

Definition of Livery

1. Noun. Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants. ¹

2. Noun. The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles. ¹

3. Noun. (American English) A taxicab or limousine. ¹

4. Noun. (legal) The delivery of property from one owner to the next. ¹

5. Noun. (historical) The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money. ¹

6. Noun. (historical) A stable that keeps horses or carridges for rental. ¹

7. Verb. (archaic) To clothe in. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Livery

1. a uniform worn by servants [n -ERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Livery

liverish liverishness liverishnesses liverleaf liverleafs liverleaves liverless liverlike livermorium livers

liversidgeite liverwort liverworts liverwurst liverwursts livery (current term) livery companies livery company livery driver livery stable

liverying liveryman liverymen lives lives down lives up livescan livescanned livescanning livescans

Literary usage of Livery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"MERCHANT TAYLORS « and 7). Hall. 30 Thread- needle Street. EC2. livery. 345.—Clerk. ... livery. 356.—Clerk, RJD Smith, 9 Lincoln's Inn Fields. ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"This entry by the tenant himself serves the purpose of notoriety, as well as livery of seisin from the grantor could have done; which it would have been ..."

3. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"What shall be said good words of limitation in grants, <fco. and the several sorts of them, 334. Ъ 235. a. livery out of the hands of the King. ..."

4. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper ...by Charles Viner by Charles Viner (1794)
"In what cafes lèverai parcels will pafs by one livery, How and to whom to be made, and when it is good. 56® What {hail be faid an execution of the livery. ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"But in Kentucky, we understand, the livery of seisin is unheard of. Freeholds are acquired by patent, or by deed, or by descent, without any further ..."

6. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"Until such livery had taken place there was no gift; there was nothing but an imperfect attempt to give. We may for purposes of analysis distinguish, ..."

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