ˈwaivery Law. Obs. exc. Hist.
[a. AF. weiverie (14th c. in Liber Albus, p. 190), f. weive (fem. of weif adj.: see waif n.1): see waive n., waive v.1, and -ery. (In Law Latin waivaria.)]
(See quot.)
| 1903 Cal. Lond. Let.-Bk. E. p. xxix, Proceedings of outlawry, or ‘waivery’ (the technical term in the case of women), had been taken against Agnes Westhalle. |