disseise

American  

[dis-seez] / dɪsˈsiz /

Sometimes disseize

verb (used with object)

Law.

disseised, disseising

1. to deprive (a person) of seizin, or of the possession, of a freehold interest in land, especially wrongfully or by force; oust.

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disseise British  

/ dɪsˈsiːz /

verb

1. (tr) property law to deprive of seisin; wrongfully dispossess of a freehold interest in land

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Other Word Forms

• disseisor
  noun

Etymology

Origin of disseise

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English disseise, from Anglo-French disseisir, equivalent to dis- prefix with negative or reversing force + seisir “to take, seize”; see origin at dis- ¹, seize

Example Sentences

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disseise disseised

But we, gainsaying this, were desirous that the abbot should disseise them of tenements for which they had no warranty.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de

The King may disseise no man and no man may disseise the King, nor pull any reversion or remainder out of him.

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.

My father was disseised of the lands of Hundberg, and died in the fens fighting under Hereward le Wake. 

From More Bywords by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Thus we were disseised by the judgment of the court, after much trouble and many charges expended, saving nevertheless our ancient fee-farm rents payable annually.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de

Hence Sir E. Coke argues that villeins are included in the 29th article of Magna Charta: "No freeman shall be disseised nor imprisoned."

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

The new sovereign, treating his surrender of the castle as treachery, took the shrievalty from him, disseised him of Amounderness and sold his cantreds of Limerick land to William de Braose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various