Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
liv·ery of seisinPronunciation:
'li-v&-rE-Etymology:
livery delivery, handing over, from Anglo-French
liveree, from Old French
livré, from
livrer to hand over, from Latin
liberare to free
: an ancient ceremony for conveyance of land by the symbolic transfer of a relevant item (as a key, twig, or turf) or by symbolic entry of the grantee called also
investiture —see also
FEOFFMENT
