waivery

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noun

The outlawry of a woman.

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Meanings

nounwaivery (usually uncountable, plural waiveries)

plural waiveries

  1. historicaluncountableusuallyThe outlawry of a woman.

    Significantly, on documenting Thomas's subsequent outlawry and Margery's waivery, the court clerk recorded that it was not known whether they had any chattels because they were strangers.

    2015, Louise J. Wilkinson, Women in Thirteenth-Century Lincolnshire, page 92

Origin

From waive + -ry.

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APA

waivery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waivery

MLA

“waivery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waivery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waivery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waivery.

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