- livery conveyance
- A motor vehicle or, as in the old days, a horse-drawn vehicle used to convey passengers for hire. See public conveyance.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
livery conveyance
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livery conveyance — A vehicle used indiscriminately in conveying the public, without limitation to certain persons or particular occasions or without being governed by special terms. Elliott v. Behner, 150 Kan. 876, 96 P.2d 852, 857 … Black's law dictionary
livery conveyance — A vehicle used indiscriminately in conveying the public, without limitation to certain persons or particular occasions or without being governed by special terms. Elliott v. Behner, 150 Kan. 876, 96 P.2d 852, 857 … Black's law dictionary
livery — /liv(a)riy/ In old English law, delivery of possession of their lands to the king s tenants in capite or tenants by knight s service. A writ which could be sued L.J. out by a ward in chivalry, on reaching his majority, to obtain delivery of the… … Black's law dictionary
livery — /liv(a)riy/ In old English law, delivery of possession of their lands to the king s tenants in capite or tenants by knight s service. A writ which could be sued L.J. out by a ward in chivalry, on reaching his majority, to obtain delivery of the… … Black's law dictionary
livery of seisin — liv·ery of seisin / li və rē / [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… … Law dictionary
Livery of seisin — is an archaic legal ceremony, once practiced in England and in other countries following English common law, to convey property. The common law in those jurisdictions once provided that a valid conveyance of a fee interest in land required the… … Wikipedia
conveyance of title — noun act of transferring property title from one person to another • Syn: ↑conveyance, ↑conveyancing, ↑conveying • Derivationally related forms: ↑convey (for: ↑conveying), ↑conveyancer … Useful english dictionary
livery of seizin — English law : a now disused ceremony for conveyance of land by the symbolic transfer of a key, twig, or turf or by symbolic entry of the grantee … Useful english dictionary
public conveyance — A vehicle used for carrying passengers for compensation. 7 Am J2d Auto Ins § 35. A conveyance the proprietor of which makes a public offer of conveyance at a fixed fare to all persons. Stanley v American Motorists Ins. Co. 195 Md 180, 73 A2d 1,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
feoffment with livery of seisin — An early English method of conveyance by which the transferor met the transferee at or near the land to be transferred and handed over a twig or clod while reciting to witnesses that the transfer was being made … Black's law dictionary
