livery of seisin
- A historic ritual involving the transfer of property or land through a symbolic gesture like giving a key, a twig, or a piece of turf, or through the symbolic entry of the new owner
- The real estate attorney explained that the livery of seisin was an old custom for transferring property.
- The law scholar studied the significance of livery of seisin in ancient property law.
- Before the drafting of modern contracts, people used the practice of livery of seisin to assert ownership of land.
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