Law. Obs. exc. Hist. [a. AF. weiverie (14th c. in Liber Albus, p. 190), f. weive (fem. of weif adj.: see WAIF sb.1): see WAIVE sb., 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.
