disseisin

American  

[dis-see-zin] / dɪsˈsi zɪn /

Sometimes disseizin

noun

Law.

1. the act of disseising.

2. the state of being disseized.

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disseisin British  

/ dɪsˈsiːzɪn /

noun

1. the act of disseising or state of being disseised

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Etymology

Origin of disseisin

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English disseisine, from Anglo-French; dis- ¹, seisin

Example Sentences

In the new law courts—for Fort Mayne was over—the lawyers were as busy as bees, issuing writs for attainder, chancery, chevisance, disseisin, distraint, distress, embracery, exigent, fieri facias, maintenance, replevin, right of way, oyer and terminer, scot and lot, Quorum bonorum, Sic et non, Pro et contra, Jus primae noctis, and Questio quid juris?

From Literature

When it pleased the lord afterwards to eject the tenant, this latter actually brought an assize of novel disseisin and recovered possession.

From Project Gutenberg

It is an assize of novel disseisin brought by a certain William the son of Henry against his lord Bartholomew the son of Eustace.

From Project Gutenberg

The court went in this case even further than Bracton's treatise would have warranted: the villain was considered as having the freehold, and an assize of novel disseisin was granted; but although such a treatment of the case was perhaps not altogether sound, the chief point on which the contention rested is brought out clearly enough.

From Project Gutenberg

This class,334 to which molland evidently belongs, is distinguished from free tenure by the fact that its rent is regarded as a manorial arrangement; there is no formal agreement and no charter, and therefore no action before the king's courts to guard against disseisin or increase of services.

From Project Gutenberg