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单词 to sue one's livery
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to sue (also sue for, out, etc.) one's livery
P2. Law. to sue (also sue for, out, etc.) one's livery: to institute an action, especially an action by an heir to obtain possession of land in the jurisdiction of the Court of Wards and Liveries; also figurative. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > go to law or litigate [verb (intransitive)] > litigate about land > as heir
to sue (also sue for, out, etc.) one's livery1460
1460–1 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1460 388/1 The Sollicitours for the Quene..causid the seid John and Isabell to sue a speciall Livere of the seid Londes and Tenementes.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 128 I am denyed to sue my Liuery here, And yet my letters pattents giue me leaue. View more context for this quotation
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) 155 The Courte of Wardes and liveries, doeth allso call all Wardes in Wales to sue forth their lyveries there.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xi. 111 It concern'd them first to sue out thir Livery from the unjust wardship of his encroaching Prerogative.
1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. vi. 98 He [sc. the king's eldest son] may that Day sue for the Livery of the said Dukedom [of Cornwall] and ought of Right to obtain the same.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xviii. 744 The recusants were allowed to sue for livery of their estates in the court of wards.
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