LekhoriLekhoriUnbranded.
Occasionally some young men who have no cattle of their own will take part in these expeditions, or they will give their services by the year to receive a pro rata of all the maverick cattle that may be found. [Quoted from The Texas New Yorker, pages 110–111.]
Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
He made a maverick decision. She is such a maverick person.
An unbranded range animal.
In this distribution, care is taken to leave not only those which bear the owner's mark and brand, but his due proportion of the mavericks* that have been found upon the expedition. [footnote: *The term "maverick" is applied in this country to all animals that have neither mark nor brand upon them, and originated in this way:[…]]
Anything dishonestly obtained.
To take an unbranded range animal.
The court permitted the State to prove, over defendant's objections, that Thedford met Noon Tucker and Calvery driving the yearling over to Bachelor's for delivery. Thedford inquired of Noon "if that [meaning the yearling] was one he had mavericked?"
To seize without a legal claim.
A surname.
A male given name.
Any of several individual secondary school and sports team mascots, most of which are in the United States.
Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick. The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a star...
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A member of one of the sports teams with a mascot called Maverick.