- disseisin
- or disseizin noun Etymology: Middle English dysseysyne, from Anglo-French disseisine, from disseisir Date: 14th century the act of disseising ; the state of being disseised
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disseisin — dis·sei·sin or dis·sei·zin /di sēz ən/ n [Anglo French disseisine, from Old French dessaisine, from dessaisir to dispossess see disseise]: the act of disseising: the state of being disseised Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… … Law dictionary
disseisin — /dasiyzan/ Dispossession; a deprivation of possession; a privation of seisin; a usurpation of the right of seisin and possession, and an exercise of such powers and privileges of ownership as to keep out or displace him to whom these rightfully… … Black's law dictionary
disseisin — /dasiyzan/ Dispossession; a deprivation of possession; a privation of seisin; a usurpation of the right of seisin and possession, and an exercise of such powers and privileges of ownership as to keep out or displace him to whom these rightfully… … Black's law dictionary
disseisin — Disseizin Dis*sei zin, n. [OF. dessaisine.] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also {disseisin}.] Blackstone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disseisin — noun a) The act of disseising. The United States cannot acquire jurisdiction tortiously or by disseisin of the state, or by occupancy with merely the tacit consent of the state. b) The act of depriving one of land or chattels … Wiktionary
Disseisin — 1) Dispossession of land. (Sayles, George O. The King s Parliament of England, 144) 2) The act of wrongfully depriving a person of the seisin of lands, rents, or other hereditaments, as where a man not having right of entry on certain lands or… … Medieval glossary
disseisin by election — A legal fiction under which an owner might elect to admit disseisin and consider himself disseised for the purpose of securing or availing himself of the remedy by action of novel disseisin against an adverse claimant; but if he did not elect to… … Ballentine's law dictionary
disseisin — dis·sei·sin (dĭs sēʹzĭn) n. Variant of disseizin. * * * … Universalium
Disseisin — The act of dispossessing someone of their goods. Cf. Distrain; Seisin … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
disseisin — dis·sei·sin· || ‚dɪ siËzɪn n. illegal seizure of another s property; state of being deprived of one s property … English contemporary dictionary
