livery
51Livery stable — A livery stable has come to mean a place where horse owners keep their horses in return for a fee. Levels of provision and service at a livery stable or livery yard vary greatly, as do the fees. The service is broadly broken down into the… …
52Livery and Maintenance — Deriving from the French word livrée, “delivered,” livery referred to the uniform, in distinctive colors, that a nobleman gave to his RETAINERS, often together with his BADGE or emblem, to denote their membership in his AFFINITY of sworn… …
53livery company — noun one of the chartered companies of London originating with the craft guilds • Hypernyms: ↑company * * * livery company [livery company] noun any of the ancient City of London ↑guilds (= asso …
54Livery of seizin — Seizin Sei zin, n. [F. saisine. See {Seize}.] 1. (Law) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by… …
55livery stable — (also livery yard) noun a stable where horses are kept at livery or let out for hire …
56livery company — One of some eighty chartered companies in the City of London that are descended from medieval craft guilds. Now largely social and charitable institutions, livery companies owe their name to the elaborate ceremonial dress (livery) worn by their… …
57livery of seisin — /liv(3)riy sv siyzan/ The appropriate ceremony, at common law, for transferring the corporal possession of lands or tenements by a grantor to his grantee. It was livery in deed where the parties went together upon the land, and there a twig, clod …
58livery of seisin — /liv(3)riy sv siyzan/ The appropriate ceremony, at common law, for transferring the corporal possession of lands or tenements by a grantor to his grantee. It was livery in deed where the parties went together upon the land, and there a twig, clod …
59livery stable — noun stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑stable, ↑stalls, ↑horse barn * * * ˈlivery stable f10 [livery stable] …
60livery cupboard — noun : a free standing cupboard used for the storage of food and drink especially in the middle ages * * * a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food. Also called almoner s cupboard. [1565 75] * * * livery cupboard… …
