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LIVERY

Volume 12 · 78 words · 1815 Edition

LIVERY of Seisin, in Law, signifies delivering the possession of lands, &c. to him who has a right to them.

LIVERYMEN of London, are a number of men chosen from among the freemen of each company. Out of this body the common-council, sheriff, and other superior officers for the government of the city, are elected; and they alone have the privilege of giving their votes for members of parliament, from which the rest of the citizens are excluded.