court of wards and liveries

court of wards and liveries
A court which was erected in the reign of Henry the Eighth for the conducting of inquiries into relicts, wardships, primer seisins and other profits which accrued to the king. The court was abolished by statute in the reign of Charles the Second. See 2 Bl Comm 69, 77.

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